Repairing Holes and Entry Points of Rats, Squirrels, Mice, Opossums, and Raccoons

Tuesday, Apex Wildlife Control repaired holes and entry points for rats, mice, squirrels, opossums, and raccoons at Eureka True Vine Baptist Church.  Apex had previously been out and set over 40 traps to catch the different species of critters. The repairs needed to Eureka True Vine were extensive and Apex stepped up to help!

Apex Wildlife Control Field Staff and CEO

 The rodents and other animals had made multiple entry points into the house of worship. Rodents had chewed through brick and mortar to get into the church.

Apex located the hole made by the critter and then sealed them with mortar and foam.

Mr. Harris preparing mortar to put in entry point hole

One of the holes that was sealed 

Apex uses a quick drying hard foam for the hard to seal places. Two of the wildlife specialists are sealing cracks between the roof and a load baring wall. The church is repainting the ceiling and then dropping it down six inches.

Apex employees were not the only people there.  Several of the church members showed up to help paint and clean up.

Church member painting 

Church member cleaning

Everyone pitched in to help repair the church so that it can be used to reach out into the community.  Apex did more than just find and seal holes were animals were getting in at.  The employees of Apex did other repairs.  A group of men replaced missing part of the roof.

Nicholas, Nick, and Tony looking to replace missing fascia board for the roof.

Tony putting screws in the fascia board

Patrick cleaning out the rotten wood from hole in the roof.

Charles and Patrick putting up new fascia board.

The news of what was going on got the attention of several of the local news stations.  Each station did a story on the work being done.  The reporting of what Apex was doing encouraged other companies to help out!

Mr. Harris being interview by Fox 13

Camera man doing some establishing shots

Now that Apex is done with the work, Eureka True Vine is moving forward with their ministry. They will no longer have to worry about four legged furry friends living in the church.

Coyote Caught in Cordova, TN

Trap and Release of Animals

Apex Wildlife Control believes in trap and release.  After, we remove a raccoon, opossum, or squirrel we release them into one of our wildlife reserves.

 

Humane Animal Removal in Memphis: Squirrels, Opossums, and Rats

Watch the news coverage from our humane trapping and removal work at Eureka True Vine Baptist Church. For more information on trapping services visit our website Apex Wildlife Control .

Raccoons, Rats and Squirrels! Living in a House of Worship

Eureka True Vine Baptist Church

Raccoons, Rats and Squirrels! OH MY! You will find these animals at Eureka True Vine Baptist Church.  Eureka in the last year has dealt with vandals, thieves, and now animals.   We at Apex Wildlife Control believe in helping out our community.  When we received the call about raccoons and rats at Eureka we were more than willing to help! 

We came prepared!

On Tuesday a group of our men along with the owner went down to set up traps to remove those nasty little critters from the church.

Our guys making a game plan.
Left to Right: Nick, Rich, Josh, and Nicholas

Channel 3 was there at the church to do a story about the trapping job.

Rich shares the steps we take when we investigate a location.  

Charlies Harris share about giving back to the community.

Raccoons  traps

The crew of guys set up squirrel traps, rat traps, 

and raccoon traps about 40 in all.  We set traps by the dumpster, by the trees, in the kitchen and in the ceiling.  The setting of the traps is just the first stage of what we plan to do at Eureka True Vine Baptist.

Fake rock rat tap.

The fake rock rat trap is a great option to put inside of a building.

Squirrel trap under a tree.

We set out several of these squirrel traps all round the property.

Humane Honey Bee Removal at Calvary Episcopal Church

Yesterday, Wednesday September 3rd we started a humane honey bee removal job at the historic Calvary Episcopal Church.  Calvary has the distinction of being oldest public building in continuous use in the city of Memphis.  

Calvary Episcopal Church

           

The bee hive is behind the board

Josh is removing part of the soffit to get to the hive.

We were called into humanely remove 2 honey bee hives from the soffit of the church. The 2 hives together had an estimated 100,000 bees.  It is a big job but a job like this isn't unfamiliar to the trained technicians here at Apex. First we had to get the bees.

Mike and Josh then used a modified vacuum to remove the bees.

Josh preparing to remove the bees from first hive

Mike is using the vacuum to remove the bee humanely

After we removed the bees a beekeeper from the church came to transport the bees to the new home.

Charles Harris to the left and Dr. Betty Delaney beekeeper 

Dr. Betty was prepared she brought 2 bee houses to transport and house the bees at their new home.

            

One of the bee house

Dr. Betty is spraying sugar water on the comb for the bees

The bees were lowered down in a special bee cage and then transfer into their new home.

Humane Bee Removal Cage

The bees getting ready to the new home.

The bees were not the only thing we removed from the roof next to the bell tower.  We removed 7 buckets of honey comb.

The honey comb from the 2 hives

We are not done yet with the work at Calvary Episcopal Church but we are off to a good start and the bees are off to their new home too.

If you are interested in bee removal visit our site:

http://apexwildlifecontrol.com/Bee_removal.html 
http://www.memphisbeekeeper.com/index.html

We are excited to share with you some of the news coverage we had during one of our last jobs.

Honey Bees Take Over Bell Tower At Downtown Church - FOX13 News, WHBQ FOX 13

GoPro Video: Historic church moves beehive from bell tower

http://www.commercialappeal.com/galleries/bee-removal

Moles, Voles! What's the Difference.

It might surprise you to know that while Moles and Voles have similar names they are two very different species.

Voles, also called meadow mice or field mice they usually are brown or gray,though many color variations exist. Voles may be cute but can cause a lot of damage to your property.  Voles eat the root system of a wide variety of plants, shrubs and grass starving the plants of nutrients.  The Vole live in a system of tunnels that they dig under the ground.  

Moles also live under grown and can cause a lot of damage to your yard.  Unlike the Voles, Moles eat grubs, earthworms and insects.  Moles burrow close to the surface which can cause ridges to form in your yard.