Crickie's New Jersey Pest Control Tips

Northern New Jersey pest control professionals are warning residents to be wary of Yellow Jackets. These black and yellow wasps become extremely aggressive as summer heats up and are at their most dangerous in August when New Jersey families are most apt to be outdoors. Unprovoked attacks are common and can have life-threatening consequences.
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Last time we talked about ground bees and the potential danger they pose if they inhabit animal burrows on your northern New Jersey property in Bergen, Passaic, West Essex or Morris counties. Even more dangerous are hornets that nest underground.
The largest wasp species, hornets are often mistaken for large bees. Brown with yellow-orange stripes, hornets [...]

With garden flowers in full bloom, bees are becoming an  increasing problem for northern New Jersey home and business owners. Bee and wasp stings kill 50 to 100 Americans every summer and send half a million people to hospital emergency rooms every year. More than 2.5 million Americans are allergic to bee stings which can [...]

Carpenter bees are starting to lay their eggs in northern New Jersey, creating problems for home and business owners, schools and park districts in Bergen, Passaic, West Essex and Morris counties. Among the largest bee species, 1 to 1 1/2 inch carpenter bees are often confused with bumble bees and have the same yellow and [...]

Bees and wasps can spoil summer picnics and place your family at risk. Bees generally do not attack unless their hive is threatened, but wasps are highly aggressive and will attack without provocation. Like many insects, problems with bees and wasps are best addressed by experienced, properly equipped professional pest control experts. It is also [...]

If you live in northern New Jersey, spring blooms increase the risk of coming into contact with potentially dangerous bees and wasps. Bees and wasps are generally beneficial. Bees and some wasp species pollinate plants. Predators, wasps also feed on other insects keeping pest populations in check. But when bees and wasps nest near human [...]

April showers bring spring flowers, and spring flowers bring bees. A few busy bees have already been seen buzzing around northern New Jersey gardens, brought out by the recent warm spring weather. Blooming tulips and crocuses, redbuds and magnolias, and other early spring flowers and flowering trees bring bees out from winter hibernation and often [...]