Bees

Bees enter the house when searching for a nest location, they tend to live in safe and dark places, gardens and outer walls of the house, they fly in swarms, when they gather over a tree, they send some bees to define a new place to build the nest, when they find it, they begin to build a new nest, there are two types of bee swarms, primary and secondary, queen lead the first swarm which includes workers to protect the eggs and the queen, the secondary swarm is led by virgin bees who invade homes through cracks, gaps, or open windows.

Bees life cycle consist of three main stages: the larvae, the pupa, the adult bee, queen lays the fertilized and unfertilized eggs, eggs hatch unfertilized eggs and turn to males, after three days’ eggs hatch.

• Eggs: eggs are laid in wax, egg cell is hexagonal, its size looks like rice and stands in middle of the cell, on the third day, egg hatch, queen lays between 2000 and 3000 eggs per day, the fertilized egg turns to be females, unfertilized eggs turns to be workers and queens, males cells are larger, the future queen bee is placed in a special cell called the royal cell.
• The larva: After 3 days, egg developed into a white larva which has no wings or legs and it is blind, worker bees feed the larvae for three days from a honey mixture, larva, that will be a queen, feeds on royal jelly or bee milk, it is made salivary glands. It is produced by young bees who are between 5 and 14 days old, it contains vitamins, sugar and fat, the outer skin begins to fall several times. After 6 days, the egg cell that contains the larva is covered with a layer of wax by workers.
• Pupa: The larva is wrapped inside the cocoon around itself, it develops into an adult bee by chewing the wax cell.
• Adult bees: adult bees appear from the cocoon, it has wings, legs, head, chest and abdomen, and it takes 16 days for the queen to appear from the egg, the workers requires 18 or 22 days to fully develop, males require about 24 days.

Bees feed on the nectar of flowers and plants, using a tongue like organ, some bees feed on pollen, especially adult bees and larvae, which contain protein substances that full of energy, bees have an organ that turns the nectar into honey.

It is dangerous when you have bee nest near your home, bees bite humans to protect themselves and defend the nest, most bites are painful, some of them may have severe allergic reactions.

Bees sting a person many times during a short period of time, or attack human in groups, bee needle is implanted into the skin, so you should scrape the place of the sting instead of pressing over it to remove the needle, pressure may pump more poison into the body.
Symptoms of bee stings include:

• Moderate to severe pain.
• Local inflammation of the skin around the bite.
• appearance of a white spot in needle sting.
• allergic reaction.
• Nausea, vomiting, chest pain and swelling of the face or mouth.
• Difficult swallowing.
• short breathing with muscles cramps.
• Bacterial infection due to skin infection.
• severe allergic reaction that include inflammation, swelling, difficult in breathing due to pharynx swelling.

Avoiding the presence of bees around your home or inside the house may prevent many problems from occurring in the first place. Unlike wasps, most types of bees are not naturally aggressive and do not become aggressive except in some cases, such as provocation or attacking the places of their hive or nests, and this may help you. Information and advice on preventing it:

• Determine the type of bee in your home.
• Contact pest control company in Riyadh to remove the nest completely.