Bee Safety

PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, HOME AND PROPERTY FROM HONEY BEES

1. Call Us
2. STAY AWAY FROM ALL HONEY BEE SWARMS AND COLONIES.
3. GET AWAY FROM BEES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
4. WHILE RUNNING AWAY PROTECT YOUR FACE AND EYES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
5. TAKE SHELTER IN AN ENCLOSED AREA SUCH AS A CAR, TRUCK OR BUILDING.
6. DO NOT HIDE IN WATER OR THICK BRUSH.
7. DO NOT STAND STILL AND SWAT AT BEES.
8. RAPID MOVEMENTS WILL CAUSE THEM TO STING.

WHAT TO DO IF STUNG

1. GET AWAY FROM BEES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. GO TO A SAFE AREA AWAY FROM THE BEES SUCH AS INSIDE A CAR, TRUCK OR BUILDING.
2. PULL OR SCRAPE STINGERS FROM SKIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MOST VENOM IS RELEASED WITHIN 1 MINUTE.
3. WASH STUNG AREAS WITH SOAP AND WATER LIKE ANY OTHER WOUND TO PREVENT INFECTION.
4. APPLY ICE TO RELIEVE PAIN AND SWELLING.
5. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, IF STUNG MANY TIMES, OR IF ALLERGIC TO BEE STINGS.

POTENTIAL NESTING SITES

Bees will choose a nesting site in many places where people may disturb them. Nesting cavities may include: buckets, cans, empty boxes, old tires, or any container ranging in volume from as little as 2 to 10 gallons and more. Bees will also choose infrequently used vehicles, lumber piles, holes and cavities in fences, trees, and the ground, in sheds, garages, and other outbuildings between walls or in the open, low decks or spaces under buildings.

REMOVE POTENTIAL NEST SITES AROUND BUILDINGS.

Call 559-292-4200 if you find bees on your property. Do not attempt to exterminate them yourself.

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS

• Listen for buzzing and look for bees entering or leaving the same area indicating a nest or swarm of bees.
• Carefully enter sheds and outbuildings where bees may nest.
• Examine work areas prior to using noisy power equipment such as lawn mowers, weed cutters, and chain saws.
• Examine areas for bees before tying up or penning pets and livestock. Watch for bees when outdoors.
• Never disturb a swarm or colony of bees - contact Bee Man Bee Removal Service.
• Teach children to be caution around and respectful to all bees.
• If you know you are allergic to bee stings check with your doctor about a sting kit.
• Have a bee safety plan in place for your family.

HABITAT

Africanized bees will nest almost anywhere around your home, even inside a meter box or in a rain spout. It's important to be on the lookout for bees around your home and yard, as well as in barns and pens where animals are confined.

Potential Bee Nesting Sites Near Your Home

1. Holes or cracks in building walls
2. Holes in trees
3. Underneath mobile homes
4. Culverts or drainage pipes
5. Flower pots
6. Old tires
7. Bird houses
8. Barns or sheds
9. Woodpiles
10. Wooden spools often used as playground equipment

BEE PROOFING YOUR BUILDINGS AND YARD

Remove potential nesting sites.

Inspect outside walls and eves of your house and other buildings.

Seal opening greater than 1/8-inch in walls, around chimneys, pluming, and other openings.

Install screens (1/8-inch hardware cloth) over rain spouts, vents, cavities of trees and fence posts, water meter/utility boxes, etc.

From spring through the fall inspect once or twice per week for bee activity around your house and yard.