About Us

Bill Ruhl Jr. started as a hobby beekeeper with his father in 1962. His father bought a beekeeping supply business in 1970 & when Bill got out of the army he helped manage the family business. The business was doing very well; however, they were always getting calls from people who needed bees exterminated from their homes.

In 1974 Bill got his pest control license & started helping those he could. By 1975 he was so busy doing exterminating that he stopped working at Ruhl Bee Supply & started Bee Control NW.

Now, after 40 years of working with bees, Bill is still the only one that specializes in just bees & wasps in the Portland metro area. He enjoys the exterminating end of the business & is joined by his wife, Jane, & son, Kelly, in the office.