The Result Of Amateur Pest Control

[Mr Wasp 187]

Had a visit to a wasp nest in Frensham Surrey a few days ago.

When i arrived the owner explained how they had a honey bee colony destroyed some weeks previous and they were now dealing with aftermath of someone totally inexperienced.

 

Take a look for yourselves

 

 

 

 

The honey is even running through the light fittings, a possible electrical fire hazard.

 

 

 

Truly shocking amateur work.

I hope it is not someone who uses this site.

[Wildling 520]

Is that what happens to the Honey of a nest that's been destroyed or abandoned?

 

Man that's going to be a sod to clean up!

[J Darcy 5,871]

I bet they wished they'd left the bees alone now!

[StephenWalsh 73]

I don't know how you can make assumptions about the experience of the technician based on some honey running down the walls?? No doubt the customer told you one story, ask the person who did it yourself.

 

They could have asked that the holes be blocked up and the honey left in situ, the cost of having it removed could have scared them off, it usually does... Now of course they are regretting it.

 

It wasn't me by the way!

[moxy 617]

  On 04/09/2014 at 07:38, StephenWalsh said:

I don't know how you can make assumptions about the experience of the technician based on some honey running down the walls?? No doubt the customer told you one story, ask the person who did it yourself.

 

Absolutely.

I visited one this year. Two years ago the customer had some roofing work done and they discovered honey bees. The "wasp man" from the local paper was called and it took him a few attempts to destroy the bees!

The option was there whilst they had the roof off to remove the comb. Which they left.

When I went I was shown honey seeping through the ceiling and down the wall and very active bees.

They were not prepared to pay to have any of it removed. So the bees remain. All well I hope.

[Mr Wasp 187]

I can make assumptions based on the fact that they never bothered to block up afterwards.

Easy 50 quid

[shropshire mole 190]

First of all, you could report them, as companies like this should not be operating.

 

Would have thought that if the bees were robbing then they would take the honey away, and not allow it it to simply run away.

 

Had a similar call to this one, but it was the heat of the sun on the brick work that caused the honey to run inside down the walls and onto the mantlepiece

[poacherkev 64]

Don't know why there all moaning about it just get some bread and butter stick it on the wall in the morning and by tea time you got honey sandwiches :-))

[moxy 617]

  On 06/09/2014 at 08:37, poacherkev said:

Don't know why there all moaning about it just get some bread and butter stick it on the wall in the morning and by tea time you got honey sandwiches :-))

[bigbailey 90]

So what does an experienced technician do regarding honey bee hives?

[StephenWalsh 73]

Advises the customer to have the comb removed within 24 hours of treating the nest or this might happen. I have a local builder that I use, and I provide a project managed service as well as just killing the bees, so that I am a part of the solution, up to signing off the work at the end when everything is put back in place.

 

If they don't want to do that (because builders charge a lot and so do I) then all the entrances to the nest must be sealed up. I suspect that on this occasion they opted for the latter and when it went horribly wrong blamed the person who killed the bees. What you need to see is the paperwork the technician provided to the customer, and whoever did it must have produced some, otherwise he or she could be in trouble.

[Matt 160]

'Advises' ??

 

What happens if they refuse, or just don't bother?

 

Who's liable?

 

The person who applied the pesticide....

 

Whenever I see posts like this I'm reminded of why I refuse to have anything to do with bees these days

[StephenWalsh 73]

It's up to the person who applied the pesticide to get the paperwork right thereby avoiding liability.

 

EDIT: Oh, if it comes down to just blocking up the holes, NEVER let the customer tell you they will do it!

Edited September 13, 2014 by StephenWalsh

[shropshire mole 190]

Signed paperwork is a must these days, of course that also depends if the person has "capacity" to understand the proposed treatment.

 

The correct paper work will keep you out of jail

[bigbailey 90]

In my experience a lot of customers even say they never received paperwork even though they signed for it....