Bees and wasps are an insects that you can protect your loved ones from with your Broken Arrow exterminator. These stinging insects come alive in the spring time. Right now there are so many bees and wasps hunting around the eaves of your home, looking for a place to set up shop. While these insects are very important pollinators in a part of our ecosystem, if they find their way to creating a nest in a place that’s close to us they could become pests. So in this article, let us take a good hard look at bees and wasps, their life cycle, and what you and your Broken Arrow exterminator can do to protect yourself from these insects.
BEE LIFECYCLE AND BROKEN ARROW EXTERMINATOR
Bees will use a complete metamorphosis to become adults. The queen bee lays eggs that will hatch and become larva. These larva will develop until they have to pupate. Once they pupate, they will develop into adults inside the cocoon that they pupated. Then, after hatching, they will be full grown adults. These insects use a hive in order to do all the work that’s necessary to develop these young into full grown bees. They separate the work out based on caste. The first bee caste are the reproductive. Then there are the drones, which are the males that are there for reproduction. And last, we have the worker bees.
When we are talking about reproductive bees, we are pretty much just talking about the queen bee. Her job is to lay all the eggs for the colony. She will make sure that the population stays at the levels that are necessary in order to complete all the jobs necessary to continue the life of the colony. The drones will help her by being her reproductive partner. These bees are unique, in the fact that they have no stingers. They barely ever leave the hive and are pretty much there for one purpose alone. The worker bees on the other hand are much more active and numerous. These insects are going to forge for food, create honey, take care of the young, protect the nest, and a million other different menial jobs. If you are having a problem with bees or wasps contact your Broken Arrow exterminator for help.
WASP LIFECYCLE AND BROKEN ARROW EXTERMINATOR
Wasps, just like bees, develop using a complete metamorphosis. They too have all four stages of their lifecycle. The stages are the egg, the larva, the pupa, and the adult. When a female wasp is ready to lay eggs she will first off begin by building a nest. Wasps as a species are designated into social and solitary wasps. Social wasps will create wasp nest and have multiple cells or rooms for eggs. Each cell will contain one egg. A solitary wasp will have one cell with one egg in their nest. The solitary wasps may build multiple nests every season.
Then they will go out and hunt for food for their unborn young. They use their stinger to paralyze small spiders and grubs and then carry them back and placed them inside a cell. Then the female will lay an egg on top of the paralyzed insects and then cap off the cell. After this is done, the work of the mother is over.
One the egg hatches the larva will begin to feed on the paralyzed insects. After it develops to a certain point, it will begin to pupate. They young wasp won’t need to create any sort of cocoon because it’s already inside a protected cell. It will then develop into the adult and then emerge by cracking through the cap of the nest cell. The new adult will dry off and then go onto find a mate and start the process all over again. If you are having a problem with wasps or bees then contact your Broken Arrow exterminator.
STINGS AND BROKEN ARROW EXTERMINATOR
In most cases, the sting of a wasp or bee can be easily treated with basic first aid kits. But some people are very allergic to these stings. If someone is allergic to a sting, then medical attention must be sought immediately. In these people, anaphylactic shock is a real risk, and can be fatal in the most extreme situations. So it’s important that you, take care of this issue if necessary.
When a bee stings you, the part of the sting that is painful is a substance known as melittin. This melittin, will overstimulate the nerve endings in your skin that detect heat. This is what gives you a burning sensation. In wasps, the same mode of action is there but the substance that excites these nerve endings is really a cocktail of neurotoxins. The reason they use these neurotoxins is because not only can they defend them selves and their nest with it, but they can also paralyze other insects for food when necessary. This way they can hunt for their food for their young. Contact your Broken Arrow exterminator for help with these wasps.
ELIMINATING BEES AND WASPS
These insects are a very important part of the ecosystem. In there adult stages, these bees and wasps will feed upon the nectar of flowers. When they do this, they will pick up pollen and then cross pollinate many different plants and trees. This is an important part of a plant lifecycle that is necessary for the continuing of the ecosystem. What is important is, if you’re dealing with these insects that you’re only eliminate them if they set up a nest on or near your home. And if that’s the case, it’s very important that you contact your Broken Arrow exterminator for help with these insects.
If you’re dealing with bees or wasps or any other stinging insects, then it’s time to call a Broken Arrow exterminator that can help. Here at TermMax pest control, we are the best in the business when it comes to dealing with bees and wasps or any other insect. We service the greater Tulsa area, including Broken Arrow, Sand Springs, Sapulpa, Prattville, Coweta, Claremore, Catoosa, Bixby, Jenks, Turley, Owasso, and so much more. Call today for free estimate. We’re here to help!
