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Bee control in New Mexico

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Bees in New Mexico: what to know

Around New Mexico

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see bees, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Bees in New Mexico: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which bees actually live in New Mexico, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

October 1993

Africanized honey bee arrival in New Mexico

'By 2009, virtually all New Mexico counties north to I-40 and Santa Fe County were infested.'

New Mexico State University Extension

Bee species recorded in New Mexico

Western honey bee (European honey bee) (Apis mellifera) — Managed colonies are surveyed by USDA NASS in the listed states; swarms leave hives in spring and move into wall voids, chimneys, and trees. If a colony is killed and not remove…
Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata hybrids) — Visually indistinguishable from European honey bees; far more defensive and swarm more often. 'They entered Texas in 1990, Arizona and New Mexico in 1993, and California in 1994…

When bees are busiest in New Mexico

Africanized bees 'swarm in the same manner but more readily, and not just in the spring' (NMSU).

NMSU: 'Do not attempt to control honey bees yourself... hire a professional licensed pest control applicator who has experience with honey bees.'

Rules that apply in New Mexico

EPA bee advisory box label language for neonicotinoid pesticides (2013)

For context, nationally

788 deaths (an average of 72 deaths per year) — Sting deaths, hornets/wasps/bees, 2011–2021. CDC MMWR
84% — Share of sting deaths among males, 2011–2021. CDC MMWR

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