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Dan The Bee Man

Pest Control, Animal Removal

About us

Poison Free Stinging Insect Removal. Serving Seattle, Shoreline, and select Eastside neighborhoods.

Business highlights

26 years of trusted experience
Emergency Services Offered

Services we offer

Dan The Bee Man specializes in the removal of stinging insects and their nests from around your home or business without the use of poisons. Dan The Bee Man removes Hornets, Wasps, Yellow Jackets, Honey Bees, and most any other insect that flies, stings, and creates a nuisance without the use of poisons.

Services we don't offer

Chemical pest control. Rodent extermination. Bird control. Poison spraying or placement.

Amenities

Emergency Services
Yes


Accepted payment methods

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Reviews

4.05 Reviews
Number of StarsImage of DistributionNumber of Ratings
5
80%
4
0%
3
0%
2
0%
1
20%


Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.5
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.5
punctuality
5.0
Showing 1-5 of 5 reviews

Jack B.
08/2017
5.0
pest control
  + -1 more
Amazing to watch "Dan" in action. Safe. Humane. And most of all 100% effective!
Description of Work: Removed a large bald-faced hornets nest that was near our house.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Heather H.
08/2014
5.0
pest control
  + -1 more
Great! He was very responsive to email and easy to schedule with. He arrived on time and used his time efficiently. Most importantly, he was very knowledgeable about yellow jackets and stinging insects. He gave us several options and actually recommended one that required less of his services (to wait the yellow jackets out until fall). I would recommend him highly.
Description of Work: Dan came out and evaluated a yellow jacket nest that we have in the siding of our house.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$85

Kira J.
08/2012
5.0
pest control
  + -1 more
I noticed that there was a lot of Yellow Jacket activity at our roof line - and wanted a professional to come out right away. My husband had just had surgery and was unable to go up and check it out.I called Dan - explained the situation- and he came out that evening to check out the situation. He assessed it - explained our options in detail - as well as his methods, recommendations and prices. He fit us in right away - and returned to extract the whole nest and it's inhabitants. He vacuumed out the entire area carefully -- made triple sure everything was gone - and then cleaned up the area he was working in nicely. He was fabulous! Courteous, professional and GREAT his job! Also - It turned out to be a HUGE nest that would have caused much grief and expense - if he had not removed the whole nest and it's inhabitants- and we would have never known in time - unless Dan had looked (with his protective gear) back far into the roof to see what was happening. I would use Dan again for sure!!
Description of Work: Responded quickly to my voicemail requestion help removing a Yellow Jacket's nest from our rooflineHe assesed the problem, explained what he saw - and gave us options. He was very informative, curteous and professional.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$300

Jesse H.
04/2012
5.0
pest control
  + -1 more
The association at our condo had a wasp problem, and the board wanted to avoid using pesticides given the proposed methods of getting rid of the wasps did not sit well with various homeowners. I scheduled an appointment to have Dan come out and have a look; he arrived a few minutes ahead of schedule, which was nice. He poked around and was able to provide me with his preliminary assessment of the situation. We agreed to move ahead with some more and quot;invasiveand quot; options, which at that point consisted of removing some siding planks for the building so he could access the nest. We scheduled an appointment for later during the week, and Dan returned again, on time. He removed a few panels of siding, and left them all in tact. He vacuumed out about 500 or so wasps from the wall cavity, and then sealed everything back up. There was one piece of siding which was cracked, and that later had to be repaired by a separate contractor. The following day, the wasps had managed to find their way into one of the bedrooms in an adjacent unit. Dan had called to follow up, and I notified him of this issue. He agreed to come out and have a look. He removed some baseboard trim and sealed up the entrance the wasps were using. He put the baseboard trim back on and that problem was solved. Unfortunately, there was a larger wasp problem than anyone had been able to predict, as we later discovered that there was another nest located in a roof. Dan offered a number of alternative approaches, and was very upfront with us about the potential costs associated with ripping into the roof. Again, not wanting to use pesticide, the association agreed to have Dan cut into the roof (under the supervision of a roofing contractor). Dan found two more wasp nests and sucked them out. While he was removing those two nests, he estimated that there was a third nest in the roof, but in a location that would be very expensive to access. The association finally determined that it would have to resort to more conventional means, i.e. pesticide, to finally get rid of the wasps. I found Dan through another review website, which had more favorable reviews. It was not until after he had already been working with us that I found his other review on Angie's List. I recognize the work completed was done a while ago, but I wanted Dan to have a positive review on here since everyone was very impressed with Dan's professionalism, promptness and knowledge of bees and wasps.
Description of Work: Dan came out to inspect a wasp nest that was inside of the wall and in a roof at our condo complex. He ended up removing some siding to take out one nest. He then came back when wasps started showing up in a bedroom the next day to inspect and seal off access to the room. He then came back a third time for a coordinated visit with the condo approved roofer to cut into the condo roof to remove two other wasp nests.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$400

Vaughn S.
08/2011
1.0
pest control
  + -1 more
See above
Description of Work: We had a wasp nest in our attic. Dan recommended removing the nest from the inside by cutting a hole in our ceiling. He was about an hour and 15 min late to the job with no call. It was at the end of the day so I understood that he was backed up and it may be difficult to call given the nature of his work, but when he was an hour late to finish the job the next morning I saw no excuse given it was the first job of the day. He had attempted to seal the two doorways to the rest of our home and told me he would chase down any strays if needed. But after he left the job the first night we we discovered about a dozen or so live wasps hanging out the steps to our bedroom in plain sight. When he finished the job and took down the plastic so I could see I was horrified. He had put no protective materials on my floors, walls or millwork which were covered in fluid, dark stains, dead wasps and larvae! This was BRAND NEW carpet and fresh paint covered in ground up wasp. A piece of fir flooring at the entry was pooled with water and after he left I found a pile of dead wasps behind the door about 2 inches tall and 6 inches wide. He had asked for an external water source but I thought that was for cleaning equipment. I had no idea he would be using it in my attic and getting it everywhere. After 3.5 hours of cleaning the mess I will still need to get professional carpet cleaning, do repairs to the millwork, and repaint my entire hallway. What I don't know is what is behind the patch in my ceiling. He drilled about 10 different holes in my wall looking for the nest before cutting the exact spot in the ceiling that I would assume made sense. I'm guessing there is a huge mess in my attic and water in my walls now. It was such a disaster that he said he wouldn't charge me, but that doesn't make up for the damage and hassle.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
value
3.0
responsiveness
3.0


Response from Dan The Bee Man
I located and removed a football-sized yellow jacket nest, which housed about 1,000 insects and larvae. Left alone, it would have easily doubled in size within the next few weeks, and there was a potential the yellow jackets would chew through the wall and enter the house. This was a complicated removal with some regrettable mistakes on my part, so after it was all said and done, I immediately and without being prompted by the customer told her I would not charge her anything. She got 5 hours of labor, a total of 600 dollars for free. We called and left a message the next day to apologize again and try to follow up, but did not receive a response. Instead, we received this review. After receiving the initial call at 9:15am on Monday 8/1, I came to the customer’s house the same day for a consultation. The customer thought she had honey bees living under her roof, but after a closer look I was able to determine that in fact they were yellow jackets, coming and going from the corner of the roofline at a pretty steady frequency, which suggested a decently sized nest. Upon inspection of the inside of the house, the location of a nest was in the wall or the ceiling above the staircase that leads into the basement. Because of the location, I knew it was going to be a challenge to reach. However, there was a clearly audible scratching and chewing noise coming from inside the wall, which was caused by the yellow jackets trying to make more room to expand the nest. At the time of the consult, I made one critical mistake: I misread the wall material for drywall, when in fact it was lathe and plaster. I asked the customer if she knew what the walls were made of, and she said part of the house was drywall, the other part was lathe and plaster. It looked like drywall to me, so that’s what I was prepared for at the time of the removal. We scheduled a removal for a window between 5:30pm and 6:00pm on Wednesday, 8/3. At 5:33pm the customer called the office wondering where I was. We were able to return the call at 5:46pm, letting the customer know that a previous job was running late. Once I arrived and before I got started, I explained my process to the customer. Since I don’t use any poison, I use a shop vac filled with a few inches of soapy water, which drowns the insects instantly. I sealed off the two passage ways off the stairs that did not have doors with plastic sheathing, in order to prevent wasps from flying into the rest of the house during the removal. It appears that the masking tape I used to attach the sheathing to the wall had come loose in a few spots, and some wasps made it past the barrier. Despite best efforts of chasing them down, it appears that I missed a few. For that I am truly sorry. I had a detailed conversation with the customer, explaining my process. Before any work begins, the customer is asked to sign a service agreement that clearly outlines all terms and conditions. In-wall removals do by definition require the cutting and opening of walls or ceilings, which does leave damages that need to be fixed. The homeowner agrees that it is his or her responsibility to fix the damages, and gives written authorization to do whatever is necessary to remove the stinging insects. I always try to work as tidy and clean as possible, but when cutting lathe and plaster, and maneuvering a tall ladder in a narrow stairway, things happen. In retrospect I would have put down extra drop cloth, had I known how precious the carpet was. The removal itself was extremely challenging. I drilled several small exploratory holes in the wall and ceiling to pinpoint the exact location of the nest. This is standard procedure, and the holes are very small and easy to patch / fix. The alternative is cutting fewer but larger access holes until the nest is found. Because the scratching and chewing noise was coming from the area where the ceiling met the wall, it was absolutely not clear where the nest would be. I remove just as many nests from ceilings as I do from walls, so both were a possibility. Because it was getting late, I suggested to the customer that we break for the evening, and I would return first thing in the morning. We agreed on 8am, though the customer said she was going to be up and home anyway, so “whenever” would be fine. We have a 2.5-year-old, so unfortunately the morning did not go as planned, and I was running late. We called the customer at 8am, letting her know that I was going to be there later than planned. After the removal of the nest and all its occupants, I plugged the access path the yellow jackets were using to get into the ceiling as well as the cavity left by the removed nest with expanding foam insulation, to lock them out and to insure a reoccurrence would be unlikely. I am not sure why the customer thinks that there would be water in the ceiling or walls. No water is ever sprayed into the walls or ceiling, it stays in the shop vac. I did have a very unfortunate accident while cleaning up after the job. The shop vac full of soapy water and dead wasps dropped, and spilled some of its contents on the wood floor of the entryway. I felt terrible about that mishap, and immediately started containment and vacuumed the mess back up. I was in the process of cleaning up when the customer returned home. I am sure the initial look of the scene must have been shocking. I offered to continue cleaning up and to wipe down any marks on the wall, but the customer became so upset it was clear she wanted me to leave. It is entirely possible that in the hurry I missed a pile of dead wasps. Because the customer was upset, and I genuinely felt bad for my mishap, I offered not to charge her anything for my services. This means she got 5 hours of labor, or 600 dollars, that she didn’t have to pay. This should go a long way toward professional carpet cleaning and the time she had to spend cleaning herself.

    Contact information

    Crown Hill, Seattle, WA 98117

    http://www.danthebeeman.com

    Licensing

    Insured

    Eco-friendly Accreditations

    LEED Accredited Professional
    No
    Energy Star Partner
    No
    EPA Lead-Safe Certified
    No
    Use Green Products or Work Practices
    Yes
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    Service Categories

    Pest Control,
    Animal Removal

    FAQ

    Dan The Bee Man is currently rated 4.1 overall out of 5.
    Dan The Bee Man accepts the following forms of payment: Check
    No, Dan The Bee Man does not offer free project estimates.
    Yes, Dan The Bee Man offers eco-friendly accreditations.
    No, Dan The Bee Man does not offer a senior discount.
    Yes, Dan The Bee Man offers emergency services.
    No, Dan The Bee Man does not offer warranties.
    Dan The Bee Man offers the following services: Dan The Bee Man specializes in the removal of stinging insects and their nests from around your home or business without the use of poisons. Dan The Bee Man removes Hornets, Wasps, Yellow Jackets, Honey Bees, and most any other insect that flies, stings, and creates a nuisance without the use of poisons.
    Chemical pest control. Rodent extermination. Bird control. Poison spraying or placement.

    Contact information

    Crown Hill, Seattle, WA 98117

    http://www.danthebeeman.com