At AgriPest Management, we're passionate about protecting both our customers and our native honey bees. Today, we successfully removed and safely relocated another established honey bee colony from a beautiful estate just outside South Cave. The colony had been living within the property's chimney stack for a considerable period of time. To gain safe access [...]
Honey Bee Removal & Relocation: A Recent AgriPest Success Story Honey bees play a vital role in our ecosystem, and whenever possible, they should be safely relocated—not destroyed. At AgriPest Management, we specialise in humane bee removal, ensuring both the safety of your property and the protection of these essential pollinators. Recent Honey Bee Removal [...]
Hidden Woodworm in Property Surveys: What Buyers & Sellers Need to Know Buying or selling a property is one of the biggest financial decisions you’ll ever make. But what if a serious issue is being missed—costing you thousands down the line? At AgriPest Management, we’re seeing a growing and concerning trend: active woodworm infestations being [...]
Case Study: Pigeon Netting Installation in Three Loading Bay Canopies – Wales Project This week, the Agripest Management team travelled to sunny Wales for a specialist commercial bird-proofing project. Nick and Chris were tasked with installing new pigeon netting across three large loading bay canopies for an industrial client experiencing persistent bird activity. It was [...]
CASE STUDY: Heatwave Triggers Bee Swarms — How Agripest Management Responded During this week’s intense heatwave, people across Yorkshire felt the impact of soaring temperatures — and so did local honey bees. The sudden rise in temperature triggered an increase in bee swarming activity, leading to multiple emergency callouts across the region. As always, the [...]
Honey Bees Are Waking Up: Why Professional Removal & Relocation Matters As the weather begins to warm up, honey bees are finally starting to wake from their winter rest. Spring is one of the busiest times for bee activity, and it’s also when they begin searching for safe places to build new hives. While honey [...]
Pest Management Case Study Introduction AgriPest Management have recently taken on the pest management contract for a large country estate located in North Yorkshire. The estate consists of roughly 200 acres of well-maintained parkland and gardens, 350 acres of woodland, 600 acres of farmed arable land as well as a large lake and [...]
Honey Bees Here in the UK we only have one species of honey bee, the European or Western honey bee (Apis mellifera). The European honey bee is the most widespread species in the world and has been domesticated by humans for around 5000 years. The nesting habits of the European honey bee make them an [...]
Whether you love them or hate them we all know pigeons are the pests of the sky, often found in town centres such as Harrogate, Wetherby, Knaresborough and Boroughbridge. We at AgriPest supply several estate agents with pest control services; Lindley and Simpson, Wetherby property management, Joplings, Carter Jones and Dacre, Son and Hartley [...]
Serving the Mouse with the Eviction Papers This study follows on from our look at how mice can initially gain access to your home and the proofing measures we employ to prevent this. This article looks at how we can eradicate an infestation once mice have gained access to your household. How do mice travel [...]
