Vector Control Program
Vector Control Navigation Africanized Honey Bees Mosquitoes Red Fire Ants Rodents West Nile Virus Contact Information Forms Related Links	Vector Control Specialists protect the public health and safety by providing vector control services and education to the citizens of Long Beach. These services include control and elimination of insects and rodents that can transmit diseases, and education on how to control them.
	Program Services include: Africanized Honey Bee control and eradication Mosquito surveillance and abatement Red Fire Ant control Rodent Control Educating private property owners on controlling insects, rodents, and other vermin
	What are vectors? A vector is any insect or arthropod, rodent, or other animal of public health significance capable of harboring or transmitting the causative agents of disease (e.g., plague, malaria) to humans. Under exceptional circumstances, insects or other arthropods that cause human discomfort or injury (no disease) are sometimes referred to as vectors. Vectors include: Bees, flies, fleas Mosquitoes Rats Red imported fire ants, and other stinging insects