I work for a major construction supplier in the city that I live in, and the supplier is situated on a large yard with many warehouses & office buildings, but the yard is situated on the edge of the downtown area, so the two of us are close enough to the city area… Because the two of us are in the city, surrounded by buildings and machinery, and unquestionably little trees, the last thing I expected to hear about was a bee colony in a single of our warehouse buildings! For some reason, the bees decided to make a house and the colony went unnoticed for a while, but once the warehouse manager discovered the colony, he instantly contacted our exterminator, unluckyly, our exterminator did not provide bee extermination services, so the supplier advised a local bee extermination or bee removal supplier! Personally, I would have first contacted a local beekeeper to see if the colony could be safely removed and resituated, and a beekeeper would have identified the type of bees that were present in the warehouse and then they would have determined if it was just a swarm of bees or if there was a hive.

Typically, if it’s just a swarm, the bees usually leave on their own within a short amount of time, and a hive of course, would be making the space their home.

Well, because the two of us contacted a bee extermination service, I suppose all they did was to get rid of all the bees. When you find a swarm or a colony of bees on your property, opt for a beekeeping service over a bee extermination supplier… It’s just better to transfer the hive or the swarm than to get rid of these insects that are so important to our ecosystem.

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