Bee Proofing Your Home

• Remove possible nesting sites around your home and yard such as junk piles, tires, old furniture or electronics etc.

• Inspect outside walls and eaves of home and on any shed, garage, doghouse etc.

• Seal openings larger than 1/8" in walls around chimneys and plumbing

• Install fine screens (1/8" hardware cloth) over tops of rain spouts vents and openings in water meter/utility boxes

• From spring to fall check once or twice a week for bees entering or leaving the same area of your home or yard

As a general rule stay away from all honey bee swarms and colonies and assume all feral bees are Africanized. If bees are encountered get away quickly while running away try to protect face and eyes as much as possible. Take shelter in a car or building. Water or thick brush does not offer enough protection. Do not stand and swat at bees; rapid motions will cause them to sting. Never under any circumstance should you seal bees in a cavity this can be very dangerous and unintentionally get someone hurt.