Bees & Wasps

Outdoor Pest Control Services

Carpenter Bees

Carpenter bees are a dangerous threat to your home or commercial property. They bore holes into boards, siding & trim to build their nests. This can cause weakness in the main support beams & the structure of your property if untreated. You can identify a carpenter bee in Florida as it resembles a bumble bee but has a shiny black abdomen and missing the yellow hairs that the bumble bee has. Contrary to popular belief, carpenter bees can sting and sting more than once if it is a female. The female's sting also contains venom and can cause allergic reactions. Most carpenter bees you encounter are males and do not have a stinger. The female typically stays near the eggs in the nest. That is one of the reasons it's essential to hire a trained professional pest control company to solve your carpenter bee problem.

Honey Bees

Honey bees are smaller and build hives with as many as 60,000 bees. "Honey bees are responsible for most human bee stings and approximately half the deaths attributed to bee and wasp stings in the U.S." (according to the OK States fact sheet on bees). Honey bees are also an environmentally protected organism that requires a special extraction company to remove them from your home.

Wasps

Wasps seem like an annoyance to find around your home or business. They are much more aggressive than bees and can sting multiple times quickly. They also can cause allergic reactions and be very painful. We commonly get mud daubers, hornets, and paper wasps in Jacksonville. Mud daubers are wasps that build nests attached to buildings using a patch of mud that hardens. Treatment for mud daubers is found in our general pest control. Paper wasps make nets that look like an upside-down paper comb that can be filled with wasps. They are not looking to sting everything that comes by, but they are vigilant to protect their queen. Our team will be sure to eliminate the entire threat from your home to help prevent them from coming back.

SNAKES

The Green Solution to Snakes

Snakes are one of the top phobias, going back thousands of years. They are one of the most feared pests in the world. B&B professionals can help you with that by repelling snakes with their Snake Prevention Program.

Of the 2,700 snake species in the world, 250 species can be found in the United States. Each year in the U.S. alone, there are approximately 45,000 victims of snake bites, including non-venomous bites. Of that number, about 8,000 are venomous snake bites, and 10–15 people die each year.


Now Pest Management Professionals can use a specially formulated dust snake repellent to help keep snakes away, plus homeowners don’t have to worry about using harsh materials that could harm their families, pets and property. You and I may like the smell of pumpkin pies, but snakes don’t. Using active ingredients like natural cinnamon and clove oils can actually repel snakes.

Where do you use Snake Prevention?

• B&B Snake Program can be applied around homes, yards, landscaping, gardens, foundations, barns and outbuildings, garages, woodpiles, sheds, campsites—anyplace where snakes may be a problem.


How does B&B’s Snake Program work?

• Doesn’t harm snakes; instead, it actually repels them—naturally.

• Contains a unique blend of natural ingredients that snakes find very unpleasant.

• Snakes “taste” the surrounding air, and the special blend of ingredients in the materials we use are especially unpleasant to them.

• When snakes come into contact with the materials in the air, an escape/avoidance reaction is triggered so the snakes are actually repelled away from the product.


To assess the pest problem and create an environment where snakes are not welcome, we recommend using the following steps and procedures:

• The snake is there for a reason, food, water, too hot, too cold, too dry.

• Food is most important. Inspect for signs of rodents, the snake may be following food into the structure.

• Inspect for entry points into the structure, holes in foundations, missing vents, etc.



What shape are the grounds in?

• Look for excessive vegetation harborage.

• Check surrounding areas.

Don’t let those annoying summertime pests keep you from enjoying your outdoor space. Call B&B Exterminating at (904) 389-3323 for expert outdoor pest control services.

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