Live Bee Removal in Port St. Lucie, Stuart & the Treasure Coast

Why Live Removal Is the Only Real Fix

A colony that has moved into a home is not a cluster of bees on the outside. It's comb built inside a cavity, sometimes several feet of it, holding brood and honey. Poison might kill the foragers you can see, but it leaves that comb behind. In the heat of a Port St. Lucie attic or a west-facing Stuart wall, abandoned comb softens, honey leaks through drywall and ceilings, and wax moths, ants and roaches move in.

Worse, the scent of an old nest is exactly what scout bees look for. Treasure Coast homeowners who had a colony sprayed often call us a season later because a new swarm has moved into the same spot. Removing the colony alive, together with every piece of comb, closes that loop for good.

What We Take Out, and What We Leave Behind

• The bees. Collected with a low-suction bee vacuum into a ventilated box so they survive the trip.
• The queen. Located and caged when possible, so the colony stays together.
• The brood comb. Cut out and secured into frames so the next generation survives.
• The honey comb. Removed completely, down to the last smear of wax.
• The scent. The cavity is scraped and treated so it stops advertising itself.

What stays behind: a clean, empty cavity, a sealed and screened entry, and a repair that matches the rest of your home.

Where We Do Live Removals on the Treasure Coast

Most of our live removals come out of concrete block walls, vented soffits, shingle and tile roofs, and the hollow spaces people forget about: accordion shutter housings, pool-equipment enclosures, block columns at the front entry, and the boxed-in space under a mobile home. See the pages for walls, roofs, soffits and trees for how each one is handled.

How a Live Removal Goes

1. Confirm they're honey bees. Wasps, yellowjackets and carpenter bees are handled differently. We check before anything else.
2. Map the nest. We trace where bees enter and use a thermal camera to see where the comb actually sits, which can be a few feet away from the hole.
3. Open only what's needed. The smallest opening that reaches the full nest, chosen for the cleanest repair: sometimes outside through stucco, sometimes inside through drywall.
4. Rescue the colony. Bees, queen and brood go into a hive box. Honey comb is cut out and removed.
5. Clean, seal and repair. Cavity scrubbed of wax and scent, entry screened shut, and our licensed crew closes the opening.

Cost

A small colony in an easy spot costs a few hundred dollars. A mature colony inside a block wall or a second-story roofline costs more because of the access, the volume of comb and the repair. Your quote covers removal and repair together, and you approve it before we start. For typical ranges across every job type, see what bee removal costs on the Treasure Coast.

Live Bee Removal Near You

Available throughout St. Lucie County and Martin County, including:

Questions About Live Bee Removal