Step 1: Are you sure you have honey bees?
LCBA only remove honey bees
Honey bees are normally gentle: stinging kills them, so if you move slowly & quietly, they are not likely to sting you. (Image from Extension.org)
Helpful websites for telling whether you have honey bees, yellow jackets, wasps, or something else: click here for the University of California-Riverside's page, or visit Washington State Beekeepers' Association bee/wasp identification page.
Want to Get Rid of Yellow Jackets, Wasps, or Hornets?
Between Longview & Centralia, WA:
Carl Roush, 360 578 2018 (May through September). Retired Lower Columbia College Biology Instructor Carl Roush seeks yellow jackets, wasps, & hornets - he works with a laboratory to process their venom to help those with allergies. Click here for his card.
Between Centralia & Olympia, WA:
Cascadia Venom Collection serves all of Thurston, and some of Lewis, Mason, Pierce and Grays Harbor Counties: http://cascadiavenomcollection.com/
Email: freeremoval@cascadiavenomcollection.com
Phone: (360) 866-1834
Need Bumblebees Removed?
Contact Honey Bee Allies: http://www.beeallies.com/contact/
