JC's Bee Blog

 Have you ever gotten stung and needed something to help with the pain and discomfort? Usually stings are accompanied by redness, swelling and even itchiness. Some people are even allergic and can got into anaphylactic shock which is deadly without immediate emergency care. See if you can identify the bee that stung you. Honey Bee Yellow Jacket (Can sting multiple times) European Paper Wasp( Can sting multiple times) Mahogany Paper Wasp(Multiple Stings) Bald Faced Hornet (Multiple stings) Bumble Bee (Multiple Stings) *Your first aim of action is to make sure the stinger is removed.*     To learn more on this watch this video . A honeybees stinger is barbed and stays stuck in us after her sting.   Here are some home remedies with things you probably have just laying around the house. * Make a paste of meat tenderizer and water or baking soda and water the apply to sting. * Sprinkle generously with baking soda then drizzle some drops of vinegar to make soda fizz, leav...

Are you tired of buying expensive Wasp and Yellow Jacket spray? I can help you save a few bucks and at the same time kill these pest. A few years back I started removing honeybees from homes and other buildings. Not long after I had a few people ask if I could take care of the bad bees (Wasp, Yellow Jackets, Hornets). I have never considered this before with the honeybees I was working to gain the colony of bees. But why not take on killing wasp? I wanted to find a simple way to do this and something that would not bother kids or pets. So believe it or not I found out that soapy water would suffocate the wasp if they were covered with it. That's right just regular dish soap and water. Wasp breath through their skin. Covering them with soapy water suffocates them. So I went and purchased a one gallon pump up sprayer to mix the soapy water in. These sprayers can help to keep you out of harms way. When adjusted correctly they can shot a 6-10 foot stream. Wasp drop like dead flies afte...