Honey bees generally do not infest homes as much as other flying pests.  However, when they do, they can do quite a bit of damage.  Honey bees can chew through walls to get inside where they then begin storing large amounts of honey, which invites other bees and wasps.  Their waste will also attract moths and beetles.

If a bee colony is found within a building wall it must be removed.  Call Grand Prairie Pest Control for your honey bee removal.

Africanized Honey Bee Extermination

Because Africanized Honey Bees are more aggressive than standard bees, they are often feared more.  When a bee stings it will release an alarm pheromone that signals for others to come attack. With Africanized Honey Bees you are sometimes talking about the entire hive. This can be dangerous for anyone, not just with bee allergies.

Africanized Honey Bees will often find their way into a home through small holes in the exterior walls  of the home.  Once they are inside, like the standard honey bee they will create a nest.  You may also find their nests hanging in various places on your property.  Although generally found in the Southern parts of the United States, they are believed to be making their way North, so be on the lookout and protect your home by having Grand Prairie Pest Control seal your home against invaders.

Ground Nesting Bee, Wasp, and Hornet and Removal

Generally people only think to look up when looking out for stinging insects.  Unfortunately, that will not protect them from those insects that have ground nests such as wasps, hornets or yellow jackets.  These insects will burrow into the ground with multiple openings or entry points.  These burrows are often found along the edge of a bank or along a line of trees.  Some types of ground bees, wasps, and yellow jackets are very dangerous to treat.  Because of this it is very important that you keep all children and pets away and do not try to remove them yourself.  Protect your family by calling Grand Prairie Pest Control to exterminate any ground nesting bees, wasps, hornets or yellow jackets.

Grand Prairie Carpenter Bee Extermination

Carpenter Bees can cause quite of damage due to their burrowing into the exposed dry wood of building decks, fascia and soffits, windowsills, railings, and wooden siding.  They bore holes that are about 3/8″ in diameter then build their nests inside the hollowed out space.  You should suspect a carpenter bee infestation if you find large amounts of sawdust and pollen below the hole which is being chewed and excavated.  Grand Prairie Pest Control will get rid of carpenter bees for you and seal up any areas where they have bored holes.

For more information on stinging insects download this fact sheet from the CDC on protecting yourself from stinging insects.

So what is the big deal about a little mouse here and there?  They are harmless, right?  No, not really.  According to the CDC, rodents can directly transmit a variety of diseases including the following:

• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
• Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
• Lassa Fever
• Leptospirosis
• Lymphocytic Chorio-meningitis (LCM)
• Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
• Plague
• Rat-Bite Fever
• Salmonellosis
• South American Arenaviruses
• Tularemia

While not all rodents will be carriers of the above diseases, they can still be a nuisance around the house as they chew everything in sight.  It is not uncommon to find chewed electrical cords and food supplies when mice or rats are involved.  They will chew through practically anything when trying to get to food.  However, they don’t have to chew a very large hole as mice can squeeze through a hole the size of a nickel while rats can squeeze through a hole the size of a half dollar.

This is often times how mice and rats originally come to be in a home or business.  They have squeezed through some tiny hole that no one noticed. For this reason it is important that any rodent control measures include finding the gaps and holes that allowed entry in the first place.  This is a service that Grand Prairie Pest Control provides in its list of extermination services. Common areas to find these holes and gaps inside your home include:

• Inside, under, and behind kitchen cabinets, refrigerators and stoves.
• Inside closets near the floor corners.
• Around doors.
• Around the fireplace.
• Around the pipes under sinks and washing machines.
• Around the pipes going to hot water heaters and furnaces.
• In the basement or crawl space.
• In the basement and laundry room floor drains.
• Between the floor and wall juncture.
• Around floor vents and dryer vents.
• Inside the attic.

Now, when looking for these areas don’t forget that mice can and do climb quite well and will often follow plumbing up to the second floor.  Also, don’t forget to look on the outside of your home as well.  The last thing you want is a rodent trapped in your walls and scratching away night and day.  Some good places to look for holes and gaps on the outside of your home include:

• In the roof among the rafters, gables, and eaves.
• Around holes for electrical, plumbing, cable, and gas lines.
• Around windows.
• Around the foundation
• Around doors.
• Attic vents and crawl space vents.
• Under doors.

Fill any small holes and gaps you find with steel wool kept in place with caulking around the edges.  Larger holes can be fixed with cement, metal sheeting, lath metal, lath screen, or hardware cloth.  Flashing can also be used around the base of the home to prevent entry.  If this all sounds like too much work for you, that is okay as well.  Grand Prairie Pest Control would be happy to not only rid your home of rodents, but to secure it from future invasions as well.  Just give our Grand Prairie rodent control experts a call to schedule your consultation.

We can appreciate that there are many of you who hate the thought of spiders in your home. If this is you, then we can help you get rid of your current spiders and help prevent future spiders from making their way into your house.  To do this, we must get rid of your current spiders, as well as exterminate other bugs. This is because the spiders go where the bugs are. If you get rid of the bugs, then the spiders have no reason to stick around.

If you have seen one of  Grand Prairie’s poisonous spiders, then you’ll want one of our Grand Prairie spider exterminators to remove the spider and look for others in the vicinity. There are two types of poisonous Grand Prairie spiders:

• Brown Recluse Spider
• Black Widow Spider

If you have seen these or other spiders in or around your home and are wondering if they are dangerous to you, your children, or your pets, simply give us a call and we will send out one of our Grand Prairie spider removal experts.