Just curious about your approaches to folks that are considering exterminating their bee problem. I had a call through our local bee club. The call involved a lady that had what she described as a swarm that had taken residence in a pillar on her house. I returned the call and told her I would be happy to come take a look and give her an estimate. She said, that if it cost she would just have Orkin come and exterminate.
Considering that I have contractor that works with me, and we dismantle, remove the bees, and reassemble everything it is not a cheap fix. Of course, my objective is to save the bees, but when people consider that they will be spending a few hundered bucks for what they consider a "favor to the environment" they seem to quickly decide to kill the bees. Now that being said, I would say that most folks still want it done, because they understand the ramifications if it is not done right.
I just wonder, how much do you all say? I don't like to push too hard, because I ain't a salesman. I also hate to hear that "Orkin is coming anyway", for obvious reasons. I just kind of let this specific lady go her own way. Any thoughts on this? Even good suggestions for convincing people to let them be. Just hate to hang up knowing that another hive is going down the tubes.