Limited Supply In Stock!!!

The high quality "Select" Hive body

BBE-Tech has a few of the “Select” Brushy Mountain deep hive bodies in stock.  These are hive bodies made from a higher grade of wood than the regular “Commercial” grade and doesn’t have the ugly knots and minor physical defects you find in the lower grade wood parts.

The regular "commercial" hive body.

Take advantage of these superior hive bodies soon, we only have a few of them left then they will be gone.

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The “People Promise”

BBE-Tech is a family business based right here in South Omaha.

We make our living by providing our best service and our best products at all times.

People are what allow us to do these things.

If not for people, we would have no customers.

If not for people, we would not have our family to work togethor and support each other in pursuing our passion.

If not for people, we would not have the friends and neighbors to share our successes with and to help us through the hard times.

BE-Tech believes that in all things, be it business, government, having fun…  people come first.

Because we believe in that so strongly, we make the “People Promise” every day.

“The People Promise”

We shall not let profit take precedence over people.

We will not automatically assume “the customer” is always right, because that is unfair to both the customer and the people in the business.  We take each situation as it occurs and resolve it for the best of all the people involved.

We will not just lump everyone we provide a service to or provide a product to as simply “customers”.  We see the word “customer” as just the other side of a transaction and that does not give full respect to the people we do business with.

When we provide a service or a product, we believe it should be a positive impact on all the people involved, and that can include more than just the seller and the buyer, but the other people who may be affected by it as well.

At BBE-Tech, we take this “People Promise” seriously and we hope that other businesspeople in our community will take the “People Promise” as well.

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Products you can use

Not everyone wants to have a regularly scheduled pest management technician to provide services every month for them.

For folks, the costs, no matter how reasonable or how great a value for service it is, is still more than their budget will allow for.  That’s OK.  As we say at BBE-Tech,  “Life Happens”.

However, when those certain pests do show up, you want to use something that really works effectively and isn’t going to be toxic to the people and pets in your home.

BBE-Tech offers personal use spray bottles in 4oz and 16 oz bottles that will provide you with a safe yet effective spray product that is a contact killer for insects, a repellent for insects as well as mice, rats and even snakes, and leaves a pleasant cedar aroma in the area that will last for days.

Combined with use of best practices in cleaning and organizing of your home, this can go a very long way in helping to keep your home pest free.

Do you travel frequently? Do you have a concern with bedbugs?  Our 4 0z container is just the right fit for a travel bag or purse and you can spray the bed and surfaces in your motel room to make sure they don’t bother you while you’re there and also to prevent them from being carried home with you.

The Ready To Use “Evictor” product is only available at BBE-Tech by calling us at 402-370-8018 (ask for Tony) or by stopping by our Bee Market every weekend inside the Omaha Flea Market on 72nd & Q St in the Rod Kush Shopping Plaza from 10 am till 5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

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About buying locally “rescued” bees

I’ve had the opportunity to respond over the years to questions by potential buyers of nucs made up of the bees that  I obtain through swarm captures and “cut-outs” or live bee removals from the walls of houses, garages, trees, etc…

I am going to write some of these questions here in FAQ format to hopefully help folks decide if locally “rescued” bees are the right bees for them.

Q: Can a beginner beekeeper who’s just starting be successful with “rescued” bees?

A: Truth be told, “rescued bees”, specifically those bees removed alive as a colony from the walls of a building, a roof, tree, etc… need a lot of “TLC” from a beekeeper who is going to be able to pay lots of attention to them.  To provide sugar syrup as needed and perform with due diligence any hive manipulations that will keep the colony growing and “stabilize” them.  That dosn’t have to be an experienced beekeeper, a new beekeeper can do it, but they need to go into taking these bees with that knowledge and mentally prepared to give them the attention they will need.

Q: Are locally “rescued” bees better or worse than bees purchased from a commercial supplier such as a breeder or pollinator?

A: Locally adapted bees, in my opinion, are always going to give a beekeeper a better chance of being successful in keeping the bees healthy and alive.  Any adaptions necessary to survive in the particular environment they are in has already begun or has taken place to allow for the best chance of survival.  If you are comparing getting bees from a local provider, such as myself or a local breeder/pollinator, those will always be “better” than bringing in bees from an area that differs dramatically in temperature and environment.

Q: Do “rescued” bees require more work to keep them alive than bees purchased from a breeder/pollinator?

A: Yes and no, the way I see it.  BBE-Tech works to ensure that bees we “rescue” have time in a hive to “rest” and stabilize.  We make sure there is a queen present and that she is laying in a good pattern before we let the colony go to a new beekeeper.  Given that, I feel that any nuc made from a split within a matter of short time will require extra attention and care to grow and be healthy.  However, had we just collected the bees from the source location, put them into a hive box and turned them around again to the beekeeper without giving them that week or two to “stabilize” I think that a lot more “work” would be required.

Q: Does it really matter if I prefer “rescued” bees or beekeeper raised bees?

A: It is the position of BBE-Tech that given the situation of bees being under “attack” from a variety of threats from parasites, pathogens and pesticides that keeping bees alive that have managed to adapt and survive on their own, without beekeeper management, are the type of  genetics beekeepers need to be promoting.  There are plenty of bees dying every year, here we have bees who are surviving if not thriving on their own and without being “rescued” would otherwise simply be exterminated.   This, to us, is simply unacceptable.  By being willing to purchase or otherwise take on “rescued” local bees, we are being true conservationists and stewards of the natural world.

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Thinking ahead to enjoying your yard

Flower filled gardens, shady trees, green, thick grass, that’s what you want…

People like to be outdoors.  The yspend countless hours preparing lawns and gardens to create a special outdoor place that can enjoy from Spring until Fall.

What they don’t want is insects like mosquitos, flys, and yellow jackets and other pests like snakes, rats, moles, voles and plant diseases that can male that special outdoor place uninhabitable.

We want you you to bee happy with your outdoor space.  Your yard, your garden.    We have the methods, the tools and the products to not only help you keep it enjoyable, but to keep toxic, harmful chemicals from doing more harm than good.

Because, while you want  to protect your space from the “bad” insects and pests, you want to keep those beneficial insects and yard helpers from harm at the same time.  Bees, butterflies, even certain spiders and reptiles can be very good to your yards and gardens.  We can make sure those are not harmed in the process of keeping out the others.

Call Tony at BBE-Tech today.  402-370-8018.  We can make your yard livable and pleasurable.

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BBE-Tech is proud to present Evictor and Natures Defense PCO Cedar Oil pesticide products.

We have successfully gotten approval from the Nebraska Dept of Agriculture to distribute, use and sell a fine line of cedar oil based products as pesticide prodcuts.

Evictor is a Ready To Use (RTU) formula that can be applied as a spray or with a non-thermal cold fogger.

Natures Defense PCO is a concentrated formula product that when mixed with water, can be applied as a spray or with a fogger as well.  The PCO product does remarkably well as an outdoor application and can be used as a spray indoors as well.

These products are all natural and organic which are classified as minimal risk pesticides that are 25B exempt under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

If you are wanting a product that can be used effectively without toxic ingredients, you may find Evictor and Natures Defense PCO just what you are looking for.

This means that as of now, BBE-Tech is the only dealer of Evictor and Natures Defense PCO cedar oil based products.  We provide quantities up to one gallon jugs for personal use and pest contol operators in the state of Nebraska.

While cedar oil based pesticide products are not a “cure all” or “wonder” product, they certainly do fit in an Integrated Pest Management providers arsenal of methods and products as another effective tool.

Ask us how to buy personal use bottles of Evictor and Natures Defense PCO cedar oil products that you canuse safely and effectively to deal with a wide range of pests including bedbugs, roaches, mites, ticks and other arthropods.

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Valentines Day Sweet Deals at the BBE-Tech: Bee Market

Come on in this weekend and pickup some honey for your honey.

Special gift sets of attractive ceramic and travel cups with packs of herbal teas and varieties of honey stix  to really warm the heart.

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Field Test: Evictor – 14 day inspection, follow up spray treatment

At 14 days, there seem to be from 1 to 5 new pest remains in each of the sticky  traps and up to 5 live pests have been seen over the past seven days.

Pest activity has increased from day 1 of the initial fogging treatment to day 14, pre-spray treatment.  I recommend spray follow up within 7 days of the fog treatment in the future and every 30 days or as modified per unique location.

Spray treatment went well as expected.  Given the untreatable next door situation and the fact that much of the wallspace is blocked by shelves, boxes, etc… a “best scenario” spray treatment was not possible.

I will be checking in on an every 7 day basis to follow up on pest activity and effectiveness of the treatment.

It was re-iterated by the customer that people with chronic breathing issues such as pneumonia, asthma, etc.. will need to be warned to stay away from the premesis after a fogging treatment for at least 48 hours if possible due to the strong aroma.  Especially if doors and windows cannot be opened in sufficency to provide adequate airing out.

The scent of the PCO spray product was strong as well but not as overwhelming as the fogging treament.

Being this is a test in a commercial environment, there are several different aspects from a residential situation.

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Bringing you a better non-toxic product.

We at BBE-Tech believe so much in using non-toxic products whenever possible we take the extra step to maeke sure our customers have access to them.

First of all, let me say that not all products “cut it” in terms of effectiveness.  It does us little to no good to use products that are non-toxic but also ineffective or low effective at the same time.  We need to see results.  That is what we do.  We test these products in the field with our own methods and in “real world” situations to make sure they are actually worth using.

If the product or method actually does what it says it does, we are able to bring yet another solid tool to the table.  If it does not perform as expected, then we will not use or endorse it.

We feel that as both an integrated pest management specialst and a bee conservationist, we are in a unique position to be able to test non-toxic products and methods in ways that might not be used by others who do not share our motivations.

As I write this, we are engaged in appying to register a cedar oil based line of products that we have found to be both very effective and non-toxic to Nebraska.

This line of products will allow us to offer non-toxic and efffective control of pests in busineses and homes as well as in the yard and garden that not only eliminate non-beneficial pests, but are least effective on beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies.

Obviously, the use of any product is only as effective as the methods used to apply it.

Once proper application is made to the State of Nebraska for this line of 25B Exempt products (min. risk) we will be able to offer you protection for homes, buildings, gardens, yards and even personal and pet use products that are non-toxic, natural/organic AND effective.

It’s not every pest management service provider that will go to the lengths we do at BBE-Tech to research and work to get new products registered for legal use in the state.

At BBE-Tech, we don’t just talk about being non-toxic, we do something about it.

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Bee Market is Closed Saturday, Feb 4th. Let’s eat chili instead

Today is the annual Saint Stanislaus Men’s Club Super Bowl Chili Feed.  We at BBE-Tech will bee working there today serving up great food for a great cause.

Come on down instead from 3 pm to 7pm to Saint Stan’s School on 41st & J St to get your chili on.

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