Bee Removal Richmond VA

Bee Busters Inc is licensed and insured. We are licensed by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and BBB accredited with an A+ rating. We are certified with a Class 7A Pesticide Applicators license. Bee Busters Inc. has been a family-owned business proudly serving Richmond VA since it was established in 1986.

Typically, we can treat and remove any stinging insect or nest the day we come out. Also, we always call a few days later to check on you to make sure you are happy with the service and results.

Usually a stressed, weak, or damaged tree will begin sapping. This dark wet looking area on the base of the tree attracts house flies, butterflies, yellow jackets, bald faced hornets, and European hornets.

European hornets can actually chew at the bark to make it sap more or keep a sapping spot flowing. They will usually guard/hoard this spot and chase off other insects attracted by the sweet smell of the sap. You can’t effectively put a pesticide on that sapping spot to stop them from coming to it because the smell of the sap is strong and it is just drawing everyone in.

Also, the sap will just run over the top of any pesticide and soak it. Control results will be severely lessened by this. If the location of the sapping spot is low enough you can cover it with rocks or gravel to stop them from accessing it and feeding there. Once it is no longer the “grocery store” then they will go elsewhere. If the sapping spot is higher up you may want to confer with an arborist to see what can be done to make the tree stop sapping.

Peppermint oil mixed with water in a sprayer or an old Windex bottle would be great for that. Bees and wasps dislike the smell of peppermint. It is just a repellent and will not kill anything. It is a cheap DIY method to keep them from hanging out at doorways, front door overhangs, or decking areas you want to entertain at or work from.

The downside is that it does not hold up to weather well and would need to be reapplied every 3 or 4 days. If you were to put 15 or so drops of peppermint oil in a one-gallon water sprayer, you could spray the area you want to stop their hunting or harborage activity.

Set the gallon sprayer down and then 3 or 4 days later. Shake it up and spray that area again. Just leave the sprayer sitting there at the location and take a couple of minutes to reapply when needed.

Yes, while Bee Busters Inc focuses primarily on stinging insects in the spring, summer, and fall we do help customers that need wildlife removal such as squirrels, bats, birds, and mice/rodents.
With the use of one-way gate, we can get squirrels, bats, and birds out of structures.

A point of note here is that if wildlife has had its young in a structure you cannot gate them out until the young are weaned and are considered adults. For example bats have their pups (usually 2 per female) in May and June so if it takes 5 weeks to fly and 3 more weeks to wean then 8 weeks total until they are considered adults. So, we would not be able to one-way gate them out until September 1st of that year. That has been our policy for many years and now it is has become Virginia law.

It is advised that all home owners do a walk around inspection of their rooflines, soffits, dormers, and siding looking for holes, gaps, and missing trim in October. Wildlife will be looking for nice warm harborage as soon as the temperatures drop in November and December. Home owners should do a quick once around the house inspection again in spring as wildlife will then be looking for somewhere safe and warm to have their offspring. These are the 2 times of the year they really want to share your home with you!