The process of removing honeybees from walls in a house is complex. This publication explains how to safely and properly remove the bees from your walls.

This map shows where Africanized honeybees have been trapped by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

It has been an on again-off again honeybee season, and the weather has not really cooperated for the bees -- first, too dry and too hot; now too wet in some areas for the bees to work efficiently.

Keeping bees can be a fascinating and profitable hobby in Louisiana. Start with one or two colonies and as you learn the mechanics of beekeeping, establish additional colonies.