When Good Pests Go Bad The Bees of Arizona Posted On : Oct-18-2010 | seen (340) times | Article Word Count : 1220 |
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Honey Bees
Honey bees get their common name from the sweet yellowish to brownish fluid they make from the nectar of flowers and use as food. Honey bees not only provide honey and wax, but, as pollinators, are of far greater importance. They are also responsible for a large share of insects stings, although many stings blamed on 鈥渂ees鈥?are actually done by yellow jackets. Honey bees are world wide in distribution. The two most commonly encountered kindsstrains of honey bees in the United States are the common and rather docile European honey bee (EHB) and the much more aggressive Africanized honey be (AHB).
Habits
Honey bees are not aggressive, and do not search for something to attack. Instead Kevin Shattenkirk Youth Jersey , they are defensive and will attack only whatever seems to threaten the colony. Worker bees have barbed stingers and when used, the stinger, poison sac, and associated tissue are torn from the body.
Biology
Honey bees are social insects and live as colonies in hives, with mature colonies of 20,000 鈥?80 Chris Kreider Youth Jersey ,000 individuals. Adults are represented by workers which are infertile females, a queen or inseminated female, and drones (males) which come from unfertilized eggs. The entire population over-winters. There is only one egg-laying queen in the hive and she mates only once. She can lay as many as 1,500 to 2,000 eggs per day, and may live as long as 5 years. Our common European honey bee colony usually swarms only once each 12 months. Africanized honey bees swarm as often as once every six weeks and can produce two swarms each time.
Control
It is not advisable to approach a colony Vladislav Namestnikov Youth Jersey , hive, or swarm of honey bees without first putting on a complete bee suit. Live removal of EHB鈥檚 is desirable and the preferred method in the case of brick wall construction (more difficult to open up), but is often impossible to locate anyone willing to do this. Especially in the Arizona metropolitan areas, as most of our bee populations are AHB鈥檚, and not wanted by bee keepers who prefer EHB鈥檚. If honey bees must be killed in a wall or attic, pesticide application should be made at night using only background light; a bee veil should be worn. The next day the dead bees Marc Staal Youth Jersey , comb, and honey must be removed. If not, as the wax deteriorates, there will be a strong honey and dead bee odor, the honey will often seep through the plaster walls, andor this debris will attract other insects and mice. In the case of a wall Kevin Hayes Youth Jersey , the wall must be opened up. It is suggested that the potential customer be notified in writing of their responsibility in this matter before any contract is signed.
Paper Wasps
Paper wasps get their common name from the paper like material of which they construct their nests. In the urban situation, these usually unaggressive wasps are a nuisance pest.
Biology
Paper wasps are semi-social, existing in small colonies but without a worker caste. The founding queens are often joined by other inseminated queens tht assist in nest building and maintenance. Such secondary queens become functional workers and relegate egg laying to the founding queen. However, should the foundingdominate queen die, one of the secondaries can assume egg laying and assure that the nest will survive.
Habits
Paper wasps hang their comb nests from twigs and branches of trees and shrubs which can cause concern when ornamental shrubs and hedges are trimmed or fruit is being picked from trees. If a nest is contacted, there is high probability that the person doing the trimming or fruit picking will get stung. Paper wasps also like to hang their comb nests from porch ceilings Mika Zibanejad Youth Jersey , the top of window What is a cryptocurrency?
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