Bees – Page 2 – Pest Management Professional

Houston PMP removes hives with estimated one million honeybees

Claude Griffin, owner of Gotcha Pest Control, Houston, Texas, tells The Midland Reporter-Telegram that a recent honey bee infestation was...

Caption This: Worker bee job fair

You know you have a funny quip for this Leo Michael panel. Why not share it with the industry?...

Abell Pest Control helps fund honey bee research

Abell Pest Control, based in Etobicoke, Ontario, will donate $25,000 over five years to the University of Guelph’s Honey Bee...

Homeowner’s walls leak honey after bee removal

The walls of a woman’s home in Spring, Texas, are dripping with honey thanks to the removal of a massive...

Headless bees still pack punch

The next time you’re working with a customer on a stinging insect account, consider Kathy Keatley Garvey’s recent blog post,...

Man removes bee hive with firework, burns down garage

Everyone loves a good fireworks show on the Fourth of July, but for Grand Blanc Township, Mich., homeowner Mike Tingley, the...

Thousands of bees removed from Tennessee garage wall

About 100,00 bees were removed from the wall of a homeowner’s garage in Bartlett, Tenn., according to WBKO News, an...

Video: Street vendor unfazed by bee swarm

A video of a street vendor in China seemingly unbothered by a constant swarm of bees while preparing a dessert...

Video: Bumblebees exhibit unique cognitive ability

Bumblebees have demonstrated a unique learning ability that has “never been seen before in insects,” according to a new study...

Bee infestation: Homeowner moves out, Gotcha steps in

An 84-year-old Houston man says he was forced out of his home about three months ago due to a bee...

Q&A: PMP service tech uniforms, carpenter bee holes and digger bees

Email your questions about insect identification and pest management technologies and techniques to Dr. Mampe at dentomol@aol.com. Your questions most...

Purdue entomologist and team receive USDA grant for neonic research

Congratulations to Ian Kaplan and his Purdue University team for receiving a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of...

The White House’s National Strategy on Pollinator Health is the biggest news to emerge on the subject in recent years.

Stinging insects: A bee, or not a bee?

My fear of stinging insects is fed by a few things. Chief among them are my sister’s allergies, which require...

Carpenter bees: A game of hide-and-seek

Carpenter bees (Xylocopa spp.) can nest where you least expect it. To be honest, I wasn’t thrilled to be going...

Happy National Pollinator Week

Nine years ago the U.S. Senate unanimously approved and designated a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” to help...