Bee Removal Questions From Treasure Coast Homeowners

Honey bees are fuzzy, golden-brown and about the size of your fingernail, and they fly in a steady stream in and out of one opening. Wasps are shiny and slim with a pinched waist, and usually build an open paper nest you can see. Our bee vs. wasp guide has more detail, or text us a photo.

A handful of bees landing on flowers is just foraging. A constant line of bees going into the same crack, vent or hole, especially first thing in the morning and late afternoon, is an established colony. That traffic doesn't stop on its own.

Please don't. Spray rarely reaches the queen deep in a cavity. Sealing the entrance pushes the bees to find another way out, sometimes through an outlet or light fixture into your home. Either way the comb stays inside to melt. See how to get rid of bees without killing them.

Honey bees aren't a protected species, but killing a colony inside a structure creates more problems than it solves, and Florida's bee industry depends on keeping healthy colonies alive. Rescue is the right call, and in a wall it's also the only way to actually get the nest out.

For interior work, yes. For an outdoor tree, valve box or swarm, usually not, as long as we have gate access and can reach you by phone.

We set a work zone and ask that people and pets stay indoors or well away while the colony is being moved. Once the bees are boxed, the area is safe again.

A swarm or valve box can take under an hour. A wall or roof cut-out usually takes two to four hours depending on colony size. Large colonies that have been in place for years can take most of a day.

Yes. Comb holds heat, so a thermal scan shows where the colony sits inside a wall or ceiling. That lets us open only the section that matters.

Not to a cavity that's been cleaned out and sealed properly. A cavity with old comb or an unsealed gap is an open invitation, which is why we remove all comb and seal the entry on every job.

Repairs are part of the job, not a referral. Our licensed contractors, roofers and painters close up whatever we opened, so you deal with one company start to finish.

Brood comb goes into the hive box with the colony. Honey comb from inside a house can't be sold, so it's removed and disposed of properly or fed back to the rescued colony.

We stand behind every removal. If bees return to the same sealed spot, call us and we'll come back out.