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How to Avoid a Stinging Incident - PPT
How to Bee Proof Your Property - PPT
To prevent AHB, do "bee-proofing" around your property. This involves sealing up all cracks and holes larger than 1/8 inch that lead into a wall void, attic or sub-area. This can be done with stucco patch, caulking, and screen. Caulking now comes in various colors so you don’t have a bright white stripe where the crack was. Most vent screens are normally 1/4 inch mesh. You can purchase 1/8 inch mesh hardware cloth, cut pieces to size and fit them in behind the existing vent screens. This does not involve major renovation of your vents.
Remove or eliminate junk piles, upturned pots, old bee equipment, or any place that could offer a nice, sheltered place for bees to set up housekeeping, become more aware of your surroundings and watch for bee activity around your property. If you spot some on your neighbor’s property, let them know.
If you see a large number of bees in a given area, see bees swarming, or hear loud buzzing coming from an enclosed area, DO NOT approach the bees, or attempt to destroy the colony yourself!
Contact a pest control company or the State Agriculture Department Arkansas State Plant Board for assistance.
Be careful when camping or hiking to avoid any area that looks as if it could harbor bees, and to keep dogs under control - if they disturb bees, you may both be attacked.
Never disturb or tease bees for any reason!
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