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Originally Posted by Stumptown
I also find it highly unlikely that a "bee removal company" would charge anything to remove the colony. They probably called exterminators, who generally don't know anything (or care) about the insects they're sent to kill. A legit beekeeper will usually remove a colony on the move for free - there will be a queen in the center there, and it's free foundation stock for them if they come get it. Florida has a lot of beekeepers (lots and lots of pollination-dependent agriculture), so I'm sure it wouldn't have been that hard to find one.
People's ignorance about insects (and spider) never ceases to amaze me.
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I will have to agree that perhaps a few extermination companies have limited entomological knowledge that same can not be said for the organization with which I am employed.
We have one staff member with a Ph.d in entomology, 2 with their masters degrees in Entomology, one with a B.SC in zoology, 2 board certified entomologists and numerous others with University degrees in Various fields. We are also rated in the top 50 companies in all of North America for training. Please don't paint all pest control technicians with the same brush. We are not the Disneyesque characactures portrayed in main stream media. We have a very knowledgeable crew and that is just our branch here in Calgary.
Just a side note the beekeepers here in Calgary will now refuse and no longer collect wild or feral honey bees for fear of contributing to colony colapse disorder.