Whilst the majority of the work done by pest control operatives in their daily work can be achieved by use of an ordinary double extension ladder there are occasionally jobs which need pest controllers to work in conjunction with a Wigan Scaffolding Company.
This type of work often will be bird-spiking, the placing of harmless deterrents on windows and ledges which prevent the birds from perching without hurting them, or removing wasps’ nests and honey bees.
When birds land on buildings their fouling can rapidly build up and is both unsightly and damaging to masonry, not to mention inconvenient for people moving below them.
There are also many of insects associated with birds and over a period these will start to infest buildings.Wasps and Bees will regularly build their nests in chimneys or vents
By definition these sites are commonly too high to be reached by ladder and the work can be tricky needing the hire of scaffolding.
If the chimney is the vent for a gas fire it is important to remove any honey and wax etc to stop the vent being obstructed and causing a a danger of carbon monoxide build up.When honey bees are in a swarm it is regularly possible to capture them and re-home them with a local beekeeper.
Unpleasantly when bees inhabit a chimney stack they often have to be destroyed using an approved insecticide as it is not usually possible to remove and re-home them.
Contrary to an urban myth which seems to have grown over the years, honeybees are not a protected species. When insecticide is used to eradicate a honey bee hive all amounts of honey must be collected as otherwise wild bees and commercial hive bees will rob it out and collect it for their own colonies with tragic consequences.
This type of work often needs a specialist scaffolding company who are expert about bees and wasps, who own the correct protective clothing and are confident in erecting a scaffold in the presence of these angry insects.
Sadly scaffolding prices are not cheap and often cost many times the cost of the pest controller’s fee.
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