Photo Album: First Sighting of Digger Bees This Year in Aberdeen, NJ

Digger Bees Are Emerging

The business owner mentioned that see saw hundreds of "bee-like pests" hovering around the playground. When we inspected the area, we immediately identified them as digger bees.

Solitary Insects

Digger bees are solitary insects that nest underground. They can be shiny metallic black, dull black or brown in color, can either have or not have white, yellow, and/or red markings, and can range in size from 1/4 to 1/2 on inch.

Caution is Still Needed

Digger bees are not generally aggressive stinging insects, as the males don't even have the ability to sting, and typically only sting if they're stepped on or handled directly. However, people who are allergic to bee stings should be careful

Exterminating These Digger Bees

In order to exterminate the digger bees, we applied a granular bait to every single digger bee mound and then injected a residual dusting application into each one. Both of these treatments will eliminate the digger bees quickly.