Talking Trees with Davey Tree
Your trees and landscapes require year-round care, and The Davey Tree Expert Company is here to help provide you with expert advice. Join our professional Davey arborists and gardening-expert host Doug Oster to learn all about caring for your properties. We'll talk about introduced pests, seasonal tree care, tree diseases, arborists' favorite trees, how to help your trees thrive and everything in between. Tune in every Thursday because here at the Talking Trees Podcast, we know trees are the answer.
Talking Trees with Davey Tree
The Buzz No One Wants: How Arborists Handle Stinging Insects
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Tyson Geldseth from Davey's Tacoma office joins us to talk about stinging insects, such as bees, hornets and wasps, and how arborists prepare for or avoid them while working high in canopies.
In this episode we cover:
- Are arborists on the lookout for stinging insects? (0:58)
- Bees, hornets and wasps (2:25)
- Nests (6:15)
- How arborists take care of nests (7:45)
- Protecting honeybees (9:07)
- Prominent times of year for stinging insects (11:30)
- Spraying nests and insects (13:08)
- Get help taking care of nests or insects (16:11)
- Stories of getting stung (17:28)
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