About bees

Bees that often build nests at home are hornets and paper wasps.

Main features of nests
・The shape of the nest is ball-shaped
・There is one hole in the entrance to the nest
・Outer coat with a marble pattern
・At the beginning of the process, it looks like an upside down.

Main features of nests
・The shape of the nest is made upside down the fruit of the lotus
・From the bottom, there are many burrows
・There are a lot of bees, and you can see something like white cotton.

From April to June, the queen bees are nesting alone before the first worker bees emerge.
If it is a nest at this time, it can be exterminated at a relatively low cost compared to after July when the nest grows.
Check where nests are easy to build around your home to eliminate dangers early.
In particular, hornets are highly aggressive and dangerous to exterminate nests, so we recommend that you ask a specialist in extermination.

A place where nests can be easily built

• Inside the ceiling, inside the wall
• Under the floor and in the door pocket
• In the fence and planting
• In the cave of a tree

Consultation on hornets and paper wasps, etc.
We provide information on extermination companies and rent protective clothing and high-altitude extermination equipment for extermination by yourself.
Please contact us by phone or email about the stock status of rental equipment.
In addition, we perform rental acceptance in Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system (outside site).
Please come to Konan Ward Office Health Sanitation Division Environmental Sanitation Section (51st floor on the 5th floor) on the rental start date.

This video summarizes how to use beehive extermination equipment rented at the Konan Ward Office and how to get rid of it.
Please take a look before using the extermination equipment.

insecticide is effective for bee extermination only or for extermination of flies and mosquitoes (including pyrethroids as active ingredients).
Please purchase it at a supermarket or pharmacy near you.
Recently, insecticide for bee removal has also been sold. The special one has a strong injection power, and the drug sprays linearly about 3-5m. If the drug hits, the bees will eventually fall (note that some injection times may be short) 。
When using insecticide, be sure to inform nearby homes and those who pass nearby that they will use drugs to get rid of bees.
For information on extermination of paper wasps, see the page on "Extermination of paper wasps".