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As I work for a nationally known pest control company I know for sure we have been bombarded with phone calls about bees and wasps. Most customers want the technician to come out and spray for these insects, little realizing that unless bees and wasps have built a nest we cannot treat free flying insects.

Just picture a technician running around your yard spraying each bee. Sounds funny, doesn’t it? But that’s what some customers seem to want the technicians to do. Yes, there is a preventative treatment we can do around the home, but then customers will complain about stains on the siding. It’s not always an easy profession, but when there is a nest or a potential building of one it’s better to be treated. You will see a congregation of many bees or wasps coming and going out of one particular spot. That’s when you know there is a nest. Since it’s just April now, nests are small as bees and wasps have just emerged from their wintering places.

Please understand when you call your pest control company that it may not be possible for someone to come out the same day. It’s what we call busy season when the bugs, bees, and wasps all come out at one time. We can’t have the technicians working 12 hours a day. They need to have time to rest, too. Bear in mind we will do what we can to get someone to your home as soon as possible, but understand that we are not magicians and cannot make the bad bugs disappear immediately or even overnight. Talk to your technician, learn about the pests that inhabit your area and your home, and please have patience with the pest control company. We will help you.