COMPETITORS' METHODS
Can Our Competitors Properly Exterminate Bees and Exterminate Wasps and Perform Honeycomb Removals? Some so-called "bee removal" companies are operating illegally.
None of our Pest control company competitors are beekeepers. They are Catalina pest control companies who do termite extermination, and other pest control in Catalina. In reality, few other Catalina pest control companies actually attempt to do Catalina bee extermination, bee removal, honeycomb removal, African bee control, as well as wasp extermination, wasp control, wasp removal and wasp nest removal. As Catalina Killer Bee Removal Experts, our Catalina professional beekeepers always use full bee removal suits, bee pheromone calming agents, and bee smokers to properly complete Africanized bee extermination and honeycomb removal from an irrigation valve box, overhang eave, soffit, rafter, gable, a storage shed, floor, conex container, perimeter patio block wall, stucco wall, garage wall foundation, stucco pillar, bird board, vent board, scupper, drain pipe, rain gutter, viga beam, parapet, cricket, tile roof, shingle roof, roof vent, or vacant foreclosed house, and exterminate wasps and hornets and remove wasps and hornet nests.
We have seen Catalina Pest Control and bee removal companies spray bees and have seen Catalina Pest Control Company technicians who are unequipped, and do not wear have nor wear full protective bee suits. Pest control companies, who we have observed on various jobs, will spray insecticides at or near an African bee colony entrance only, and never have we observed any of them calming or prepping the bee colony first. Spraying anything especially insecticides on or near the bee hive's entrance, causes the bees inside the hollow cavity to panic and urinate even more bee pheromone on the surfaced of the interior of tat cavity, which then attracts future Africanized beehives to that entire structure, not to just the specific site that the first African bee colony infested.
Given that all honeybees use that same scent to "hone" in on a location where there had previously been another bee colony; increasing the attractant scent is directly causes future beehives to infest that same property. Therefore, once this bee pheromone damage occurs, simply sealing up the entrance will not keep future African bee hives from infesting other sites on that structure and property. Pest exterminating companies cannot get rid of bees, remove bees, or spray bees by spraying regular pest extermination company pesticides. Catalina bee exterminations, bee removals and honey comb removals are much more complex and beekeeping knowledge, bee extraction and bee removal training, insures that a guaranteed bee removal will is more likely to be achieved successfully. We are the Catalina bee experts, and we always accomplish proper successful bee extermination.
Some of our competitors that are advertising to exterminate bees and wasps and perform honeycomb removals in Catalina, Arizona are operating illegally as they are not legally licensed by the State of Arizona. Any person or company engaging in the "business of pest control" must be currently licensed as a pest control applicator in good standing with the State of Arizona, Office of Pest Management (OPM) Arizona Department of Agriculture). Further, that person must also perform any and all pest control work while under the employment of a properly licensed pest control company that is also licensed by the Office of Pest Management (OPM). Any person who violates this law is guilty of a class 6 felony under the Arizona Revised Statutes. (For verification of these laws, contact the Arizona Department of Agriculture, Office of Pest Control at (602) 255-1281 or (800) 223-0618. For the record, there are similar legal requirements and laws in many other states especially California.
The State of Arizona Department of Agriculture, Office of Pest Management oversees and regulates the use of any pesticides in the State of Arizona. It is a violation of law to apply pesticides without a current State of Arizona Pesticide Applicators License. In fact, by law, a person cannot advertise any pest control service (including exterminating bees, which is commonly referred to as "removing bees" even applying soap and water to kill honeybees or wasps or hornets is regulated and requires a current Pest Control Applicators License issued by the OPM. The point of the law is that the extermination or control of a pest of any kind is subject to regulation and licensing, (even using traps of any sort) if it is done on property not owned by the applicator.
Any bee removal, honeycomb removal, wasp removal and hornet removal requires a great deal of knowledge and experience to be done thoroughly and properly. There are no "quick fixes" in resolving these pest problems, especially considering that doing the wrong things, guan teed bee and wasp and hornet infestations will re-occur at that pproperty. Also, with African bees, which are very prolific honeybee, there is the likelihood of honeycomb meltdown and tremendous structural damage without a proper and complete honeycomb removal. Call Catalina Bee Removal Company first to get accurate information and straight answers. Otherwise, buyers beware! We are the Catalina, Arizona bee experts, and have been since 1996.