a very good thread.
considering the fact that many of the honeybee hives have been decimated due to a parasitic mite infection or simply disappear due to colony collapse disorder, it is in everybody's best interest to save a hive rather than destroy it.
In my area of the country, we have a great deal of fruit farming. Honeybees are the most common pollinators and the loss of honeybees would be devastating to the farmers and quite possibly the entire local economy.
In actuality, honeybees are normally quite docile. If you place sugar water on your hand, they will come to feed. If not disturbed, they will generally not sting. (I would simply say they will not sting unless disturbed but as soon as I do, somebody will get stung for no reason and make me to be a liar).
as DIY states, instead of killing the hive, contact a beekeeper. Some will remove the hive for free in exchange for keeping the hive.
Unless you can identify a true honeybee, always use a great deal of caution. Do not mistake a honeybee for any other bee or wasp as many other bees and wasps are not very friendly and can attack with little or no provocation.
Also, if you are in an area known or suspected of having Africanized honeybees, always use caution. An Africanized honeybee is much more aggressive than the European counterpart (which is what most of the honeybees are in the US). They are generally indistinguishable from each other unless you are trained to be able to tell the difference. Even then, there are mistakes made.
While an Africanized honeybee is no more venomous than a European honeybee, they are much more aggressive and more likely to attack in large numbers, which is how they can kill a person.
considering the fact that many of the honeybee hives have been decimated due to a parasitic mite infection or simply disappear due to colony collapse disorder, it is in everybody's best interest to save a hive rather than destroy it.
In my area of the country, we have a great deal of fruit farming. Honeybees are the most common pollinators and the loss of honeybees would be devastating to the farmers and quite possibly the entire local economy.
In actuality, honeybees are normally quite docile. If you place sugar water on your hand, they will come to feed. If not disturbed, they will generally not sting. (I would simply say they will not sting unless disturbed but as soon as I do, somebody will get stung for no reason and make me to be a liar).
as DIY states, instead of killing the hive, contact a beekeeper. Some will remove the hive for free in exchange for keeping the hive.
Unless you can identify a true honeybee, always use a great deal of caution. Do not mistake a honeybee for any other bee or wasp as many other bees and wasps are not very friendly and can attack with little or no provocation.
Also, if you are in an area known or suspected of having Africanized honeybees, always use caution. An Africanized honeybee is much more aggressive than the European counterpart (which is what most of the honeybees are in the US). They are generally indistinguishable from each other unless you are trained to be able to tell the difference. Even then, there are mistakes made.
While an Africanized honeybee is no more venomous than a European honeybee, they are much more aggressive and more likely to attack in large numbers, which is how they can kill a person.