Staring's Pest & Rodent Control "Don't Tolerate...Exterminate!"

Do you need help keeping your a more pleasant atmosphere in your yard at home or around your place of business? Could you do without all those bees and wasps? Call us today at one of our locations in the Capital District.

Wasps are beneficial insects. They lay their eggs on fly pupa and kill them by doing so. We would do well to leave them alone. Well... that's a true statement - kind of. Wasps are generally harmless, although yellowjackets, umbrella wasps and the infamous hornet can become a health and safety hazard for humans.

White faced hornets ariticle at Wikipedia.

Wasps article at Wikipedia.

Honey bees article at Wikipedia.

Descriptions of several types of bees and wasps with basic anatomical diagram.

Bee stings article at Wikipedia.

Lengthy article about bee and wasps stings, effects and treatment.

Information about these hornets and other insects. Some notes about eliminating colonies.

Both bees and wasps sting. Honey bees have barbed stinger that become lodged in the skin. A single honey bee can only sting once. A wasp has a smooth stinger which can be used to sting repeatedly. Poeple may be ellergic to either bess or wasps, although they are different allergies.