The Bee Hunter

The Bee Hunter is a Massachusetts stinging-insect specialist run by Rusty Dillon, handling hornets, yellow jackets, wasps, honey bees, ground bees, bumble bees, and carpenter bees rather than general pest control. The loyalty here is the standout feature. Reviewers describe using Rusty for 3, 5, 10, even 13 years running — usually starting with an emergency (a nest the size of a basketball, a dog swarmed by wasps, insects coming through a wall) and then signing up for annual spring preventative treatment. Several say they haven't seen a wasp or bee problem since, across multiple homes in one case. Honesty comes up again and again as the thing that sets him apart. One reviewer, in 2023, described calling him after three weeks and two failed visits from Orkin left an active nest untreated. Another described him declining to charge close to a thousand dollars for a late-season nest, taping off the hole instead and explaining the colony would die out naturally. Several reviewers specifically praise him for not upselling services they didn't need, and for working carefully around pollinator gardens and other wildlife so only the target pest is affected. Response time is consistently fast — same-day or next-day shows up repeatedly, including a Sunday call handled the same day and a Friday-night call resolved the next morning. A 2024 review described him tackling a hornet nest two other pest companies had refused to touch because of its height and location. For a wasp, hornet, or bee problem — especially a recurring one or one other companies have struggled with — The Bee Hunter has one of the deepest and most consistently positive runs of reviews here, built substantially on repeat, multi-year customers.