Honeybee Nest Removals - Discontinued Service
As of January 2019, JoeWasp's honeybee control and removal service has been discontinued.
For honeybee removals, please find some information here on honeybeecentre.com
To set up an appointment for wasp control: Call 778-628-9277 or email via our Contact Form.
Removing a honeybee nest is no small feat. Honeybees are the kings (or should I say queens!?) of population numbers when compared to wasps or bumblebees, with 40,000 or more bees per colony. They always seem to get into hard to remove places (such as inside a wall, a chimney or inside a hollow tree), and in order for a successful removal to take place all of the wax comb must also be removed. Careful attention is needed with honeybees as they are pollinators for 1/3 of the world's food crops and respect their protected status, the bees are always removed and relocated.
For honeybee removals, please find some information here on honeybeecentre.com
To set up an appointment for wasp control: Call 778-628-9277 or email via our Contact Form.
Removing a honeybee nest is no small feat. Honeybees are the kings (or should I say queens!?) of population numbers when compared to wasps or bumblebees, with 40,000 or more bees per colony. They always seem to get into hard to remove places (such as inside a wall, a chimney or inside a hollow tree), and in order for a successful removal to take place all of the wax comb must also be removed. Careful attention is needed with honeybees as they are pollinators for 1/3 of the world's food crops and respect their protected status, the bees are always removed and relocated.
More information about honeybees
Honeybees are not native species of North America. They were brought to the Americas by colonial settlers who also imported many domesticated plants and food crops from the old world. We depend heavily upon these food crops today, and many of them rely almost exclusively upon honeybees for pollination. Therefore, from a purely anthropocentric point of view, it is imperative that we do whatever we can to keep these little creatures safe.
Pollination occurs in the flowers, or sexual organs, of angiosperm plants. It occurs when pollen, the male gamete (sperm) of the plant, is transferred to the stigma, the female receptor that is connected to the ovum where the female reproductive gametes (eggs) are. Bees or other pollinators aid in this transfer process allowing sexual reproduction and fertilization to occur. Many flowers of plants are hermaphroditic, meaning that they have both male and female parts and therefore simply need some jostling to take place to allow them to be self fertilized. Some plants have both female and male representatives and rely heavily upon this transfer from flower to flower. Once a flower is fertilized it starts to grow fruit. The seeds of the next generation grow inside the fruit.
Honeybees are not domestic to the Vancouver area, therefore they require special attention to thrive here. Beekeepers can provide such attention, as they carefully maintain their colonies in hopes of ensuring them with long and healthy reigns. Despite the efforts of beekeepers, honeybees can suffer from a variety of ailments, from mites to viruses, and from bacteria to fungus. These diseases, along with environmental factors, are associated with a massive decline in honeybee populations. Commonly referred to as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), many honeybee colonies are not strong enough to survive the winter. Beekeepers can medicate their bees and insulate them from the winter but an unfortunate side effect of commercial beekeeping can be the spread of disease from colony to colony. This is why backyard beekeeping can be of great importance to the future of honeybees.
Despite the importance of honeybees to us all, there are many people and companies that still kill honeybee colonies. Don’t kill honeybees!!
Pollination occurs in the flowers, or sexual organs, of angiosperm plants. It occurs when pollen, the male gamete (sperm) of the plant, is transferred to the stigma, the female receptor that is connected to the ovum where the female reproductive gametes (eggs) are. Bees or other pollinators aid in this transfer process allowing sexual reproduction and fertilization to occur. Many flowers of plants are hermaphroditic, meaning that they have both male and female parts and therefore simply need some jostling to take place to allow them to be self fertilized. Some plants have both female and male representatives and rely heavily upon this transfer from flower to flower. Once a flower is fertilized it starts to grow fruit. The seeds of the next generation grow inside the fruit.
Honeybees are not domestic to the Vancouver area, therefore they require special attention to thrive here. Beekeepers can provide such attention, as they carefully maintain their colonies in hopes of ensuring them with long and healthy reigns. Despite the efforts of beekeepers, honeybees can suffer from a variety of ailments, from mites to viruses, and from bacteria to fungus. These diseases, along with environmental factors, are associated with a massive decline in honeybee populations. Commonly referred to as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), many honeybee colonies are not strong enough to survive the winter. Beekeepers can medicate their bees and insulate them from the winter but an unfortunate side effect of commercial beekeeping can be the spread of disease from colony to colony. This is why backyard beekeeping can be of great importance to the future of honeybees.
Despite the importance of honeybees to us all, there are many people and companies that still kill honeybee colonies. Don’t kill honeybees!!