ALL Florida Recent Bee Removals

Palm Bay Honey Bee Nest removal from Tree

2012-10-06T20:15:00.001-04:00

Palm Bay External Honey Bee Nest

Can you see the honey bee nest, exposed and in the palm frond? It looks like it has 3 'plates' of comb, and is what we consider an 'external' nest architecture.

Most European honey bees (the gentle, tame bee we keep in our white hive boxes) build nests inside cavities, such as hollow tree trunks and such. The African Honey Bee ( a wild subspecies that is illegal to keep here in Florida), readily builds such external nests. We now have so many wild African honey bees in Brevard County, that I tell beekeepers, if you want to catch wild bees, just put out empty cardboard boxes, as African bees will gladly appreciate your efforts and build a colony inside the box within a week or two!.

We are encountering more and more 'mean' bees in Brevard, and we even have some neighborhoods noted with higher than average numbers of Africanized Honey Bees, meaning we have to practice very careful methods, so that we don't threaten neighbors and pets.

If you have a colony of pest honey bees or any stinging insect, please give us a call or email. I am a stinging insect entomologist, with years of education, experience and knowledge and can provide you with a proper removal so you never have to deal with an infestation again. I carry all licenses and insurance to protect you, my valuable client. Beware of unlicensed operators, often beekeepers, that are trying to earn extra money by performing improper removals, resulting in mass sting events that threaten residents with sting risk liabilities and damaged premises.

Remember, bee removal is considered pest control, and any inspection, advice, or removal procedures require licenses. We have seen many citizens, wronged by unlicensed removals. Don't get stung by an illegal operator, it could cost you thousands!

Please, don't attempt a Brevard County Bee Removal, as they can be deadly, even swarms have attacked us since Killer Bees are now here. We've had fatalities occur in Florida because of improper stinging insect removal techniques. I've written 2 blog posts about these dangerous bee removals.. go here and here to read this valuable information.. It might just save you and your neighbors from getting stung or spending hundreds of dollars too much!

Richard & Son, Matt

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at (855) 930.BEES (All Counties in Fla.) or submit a bee removal FREE inspection here!

Mr. Jonathan Simkins B.S. & Richard Martyniak M.Sc.
Stinging Insect Entomologists
4 Licensed Pest Control Operators on Staff
5 Registered Bee Keepers on Staff
(855) 930.BEES (All Counties Florida)
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Bee Safe!

Melbourne Bee Swarm in Tree

2012-10-05T20:31:00.000-04:00

Melbourne, Fla Honey Bee Swarm

Here's a cool photo of a Melbourne, Florida Honey Bee Swarm removal we performed for a property management firm. Notice how 'bunched up' the bees are, in and around a palm frond. Hard to believe you are seeing about 20,000 bees!

Often, we advise homeowners to 'wait & see' what the swarm will do, as most of the time these swarms are just temporary bivouacs, where the bees are just hanging out while a dedicated core group of scouts is out searching for a permanent location to move the swarm too. Often, this permanent location can be in a nearby tree hole, building wall, soffit or attic, or even ground voids such as meter boxes.

If the swarm moves away in a day or so, groovy! You likely will never have to deal with a swarm again. If they hang around for several days, approaching a week, please call us, as the swarm may be establishing permanent digs, and once colony construction continues, a once seemingly gentle swarm can turn into a very defensive bee nest of tens of thousands of honey bees, defending their new home.

We are encountering more and more 'mean' bees in Brevard, and we even have some neighborhoods noted with higher than average numbers of Africanized Honey Bees, meaning we have to practice very careful methods, so that we don't threaten neighbors and pets.

If you have a colony of pest honey bees or any stinging insect, please give us a call or email. I am a stinging insect entomologist, with years of education, experience and knowledge and can provide you with a proper removal so you never have to deal with an infestation again. I carry all licenses and insurance to protect you, my valuable client. Beware of unlicensed operators, often beekeepers, that are trying to earn extra money by performing improper removals and threatening residents with sting risk liabilities and damaged premises.

Remember, bee removal is considered pest control, and any inspection, advice, or removal procedures require licenses. We have seen many citizens, wronged by unlicensed removals. Don't get stung by an illegal operator, it could cost you thousands!

Richard & Son, Matt

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at (855) 930.BEES (All Counties in Fla.) or submit a bee removal FREE inspection here!

Mr. Jonathan Simkins B.S. & Richard Martyniak M.S.
Stinging Insect Entomologist
4 Licensed Pest Control Operators on Staff
5 Registered Bee Keepers on Staff
(855) 930.BEES (All Counties Florida)
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com
Bee Safe!

Winter Park External Honey Bee Nest on Tree Branch

2012-05-19T09:44:00.001-04:00

'Back in the day', it was very rare to find wild honey bee nests built 'externally', meaning the nest is hanging from a tree limb or some other surface. Most honey bee nests were, and still are, found inside voids, such as tree holes, nesting boxes, structural wall voids and the like.

Winter Park External Honey Bee Nest in Tree

So, several years ago, when we started encountering higher numbers of external nests as you see in the pic above, we knew our day of reckoning had arrived. You see, there are sub-species of honey bees that readily build external nests, and they are not the sub-species we have been farming for hundreds of years here in the U.S. No, these nests are usually built by the African Honey Bee. aka, Killer Bees, Apis mellifera scutellata .

These numbers of nests heralded a new era in feral honey bee management, as these critters can exhibit drastically different behavior than their gentle European bee cousins. For instance, minor disturbances, such as a squirrel running across the tree branch, can cause these bees to fan out over hundreds of feet, looking for the perceived intruders. Once found, these guard bees can sting, leaving their stingers embedded within the victim. The stingers exude alarm pheromone, wafting into the air, providing a target path for up to 50,000 other nest-mates to quickly attack the now hapless victim. Immense pain, unconsciousness and death can be the quick result.

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at 321-206-5100 or 1-800-343-5317 or submit a bee removal FREE inspection here!

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist (Univ of Fla'04); Registered Beekeeper (FL0010609M)

The Buzzkillers, LLC, Licensed (FL DACS JB144428), Insured & Certified(FL DACS JF136628) for your protection

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Tampa Honey Bees in a Tree-Hole

2012-05-16T11:32:00.000-04:00

Tampa Killer Bees in Tree-Hole

Bees LOVE to build their nests in Tree holes.. the holes you see in larger trees, often where a limb used to be. Many trees are hollow inside and can have dozens of feet of a nice, insulated void for the bee colony to build it's nest of wax, pollen, honey and baby bees.

Tampa Honey Bees in Tree Hole

These nests can number over 50 thousand individuals, and often become rather ornery or flat-out mean, stinging people, pets and passer-bys.

Please, don't attempt a treatment or removal of these Tampa bees, as most are now Africanized, AKA "Killer Bees", and you can incite a neighborhood-wide stinging event that can last for days!We've had fatalities occur in Florida because of improper stinging insect removal techniques.

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at 813-930-BUGS or 1-800-343-5317 or submit a bee removal inspection request here!

Bees Buzzing You? Call The Stinging Insect Experts
Jonathan B. Simkins B.Sc, Entomologist
Insect IQ / AllFloridaBeeRemoval.com
Tampa/Plant City: 813-930-BUGS
St. Pete/Clearwater:727-443-BUGS
Bradenton/Sarasota: 941-870-0606
Lakeland/Lake Wales: 863-248-1140
State Wide: 800.343.5317

Palm Coast Honey Bee Swarm Removal

2012-05-13T19:42:00.000-04:00

We perform bee and stinging insect work for the City of Palm Coast, and we were blessed yesterday with a fine looking honey bee swarm on a small Magnolia tree.

Palm Coast Honey Bee Swarm

Some neighbors were a bit concerned by this aggregation of 10,000 or so bees, so we were called to perform a removal. Luckily, as the bees were quiet and well behaved, we performed a live removal, and relocated the bees to our apiary in Flagler County.

Please, don't attempt a removal of bees, even a Winter Park Bee Removal, as they can be deadly, even swarms have attacked us since Killer Bees are now here. We've had fatalities occur in Florida because of improper stinging insect removal techniques.

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at 321-206-5100 or 1-800-343-5317 or submit a bee removal FREE inspection here!

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist (Univ of Fla'04); Registered Beekeeper (FL0010609M)

The Buzzkillers, LLC, Licensed (FL DACS JB144428), Insured & Certified(FL DACS JF136628) for your protection

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The Villages, FL: Honey Bee Swarm

2012-03-13T03:01:00.001-04:00

The Villages, FL: Honey Bee Swarm, 40 Ft. High

As one British Beekeeper friend told me: Buggers!!

The photo below shows a The Villages, FL. Honey Bee Swarm, perched high in a tree about 40 feet in the air. I had to use my telephoto lens to shoot it.

The Villages Honey Bee Swarm in Tree

Buggers, because this very large, very healthy looking swarm, issued from one of our honey bee hive boxes, in a yard we keep in Oxford, near The Villages, Florida. I was in the yard to perform maintenance and was to 'split' some of our hive boxes, partly in order to keep swarming from happening!

Swarming is simply the honey bee colony's way of reproducing. The Queen and about 10-20,000 of her daughters and sons, fly away from the existing nest, and land somewhere nearby, in order to figure out where to move to permanently.

When this happens , we lose a LOT of bees, the queen and a lot of honey making ability.

Buggers.

Please, don't attempt a removal of bees, even The Villages Bee Removal, as they can be deadly, even swarms have attacked us since Killer Bees are now here. We've had fatalities occur in Florida because of improper stinging insect removal techniques.

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at 321-206-5100 or 1-800-343-5317 or submit a bee removal FREE inspection here!

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist (Univ of Fla'04); Registered Beekeeper (FL0010609M)

The Buzzkillers, LLC, Licensed (FL DACS JB144428), Insured & Certified(FL DACS JF136628) for your protection

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Kissimmee Huge Africanized Honey Bee Nest

2012-03-11T04:50:00.000-04:00

Kissimmee Huge Africanized Honey Bee Nest

This is a doozy of a nest from Kissimmee, Florida!

Jason Deeringer posing with a large Kissimmee Africanized Honey Bee Nest

A large external Africanized Honey Bee Nest removed from a tree. This removal required use of a lift, and was a very defensive colony.

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at 321-206-5100 or 1-800-343-5317 or submit a bee removal FREE inspection here!

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist (Univ of Fla'04); Registered Beekeeper (FL0010609M)

The Buzzkillers, LLC, Licensed (FL DACS JB144428), Insured & Certified(FL DACS JF136628) for your protection

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Orlando Bee Control in Tree Nesting Box

2012-03-10T12:14:00.003-05:00

Orlando Bee Control in Tree Nesting Box

Honey bees, both Africanized & European subspecies, often build their nests in wildlife nesting boxes. These are boxes that are specially designed for many types of birds, otters, and other wildlife.

Orlando Bee Control in Nesting Box

When used by wildlife for rearing young, they remain bee-free, but once the wildlife abandons the box, it becomes fair game for a roving bee swarm to set up shop!

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at 321-206-5100 or 1-800-343-5317 or submit a bee removal FREE inspection here!

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist (Univ of Fla'04); Registered Beekeeper (FL0010609M)

The Buzzkillers, LLC, Licensed (FL DACS JB144428), Insured & Certified(FL DACS JF136628) for your protection

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Clearwater Fl., Bee Removal from Tree

2012-02-29T12:13:00.001-05:00

Clearwater Bee Removal from Tree

Large External Africanized Killer Bee Nest in Tree

Take a look at this very large "External" honey bee nest. It's a sight we see more often now, as most of our wild honey bee colonies are Africanized Honey Bees, otherwise known as "Killer Bees". This colony of bees behaved nicely for about a year or so, until one day, the yard crew suffered numerous stings. Luckily, no serious injury occurred..this time.

We were called in to perform this removal, in a professional manner, so the property owner could sleep easily, knowing his neighbors would not get stung by angry bees!

Clearwater Florida bee removal, bees in tree.

Here you can see bees returning to the colony and landing on our bee specialist's back.

Please, don't attempt a removal of bees, as they can be deadly, even swarms have attacked us since Killer Bees are now here! We've had fatalities occur in Florida because of improper stinging insect removal techniques.

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at 813-930-2847 or

1-800-343-5317 or click to submit a bee removal FREE inspection here!

Jonathan B. Simkins

Certified Pest Control Operator, licensed in the State of Florida by the Fla..Dept of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology-GHP, L&O, Termite, Fumigation (FDACS Certified Operator #JF8248 & Insect IQ Pest Control Firm #JB131270). Established Operator 1996. 3rd Generation Bee Keeper.
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Leesburg Bee Removal: Huge External Bee Nest on Tree

2011-10-01T14:44:00.000-04:00

This is a real treat, a HUGE External Honey Bee Colony located on a tree trunk in Leesburg, Fla.

Can you see this Leesburg Honey Bee Nest in the Tree?

It's not everyday we find such large bee colonies, so we took a few pictures to show you the beauty of the comb sructure. Note how dark the inner plates are, that's where the bee colony concentrated the bee 'nursery', laying eggs and raising the young, or brood of the colony.

Leesburg Bee Removal: Large External Bee colony on Tree

Most feral bee colonies in Leesburg are now Africanized, or Killer Bees and these did indeed test out at a high probability of being Killer Bees. A nest this size could easily hold 40-75 THOUSAND honey bees, and improper treatment or removal could threaten an entire neighborhood.

Leesburg Honey Bee External Colony

Please, don't attempt a removal of bees, as they can be deadly, even swarms have attacked us since Killer Bees are now here. We've had fatalities occur in Florida because of improper stinging insect removal techniques.

Contact the Stinging Insect Experts at 352-870-0346 or 1-800-343-5317 or submit a bee removal FREE inspection here!

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist; Registered Beekeeper
The Buzzkillers, LLC, Licensed (FL DACS JB144428), Insured & Certified(FL DACS JF136628) for your protection
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Gotha Windermere Bee Removal in Cemetery Tree

2011-09-28T06:01:00.000-04:00

Boy if these pics don't fit the bill..Here we are treating a Honey Bee colony residing in a Gotha or Windermere Fla., cemetery. The storm clouds were rushing in quick, lightning off in the distance, and a mean bunch of Africanized Honey Bees, (aka Killer Bees or AHB) were not happy that we were depopulating the colony.

Windermere Bee Removal from Tree in Cemetery

Very dark and foreboding mood, as i suppose it should be as we are eradicating a colony of very interesting and beneficial insects. But alas, along with the good comes the bad, these bees were very defensive, stinging grounds personnel working nearby. It's just not something that can be allowed to continue, as human lives take precendence above individual bee colonies.

Gotha Bee Removal from Cemetery Tree

Should you need Gotha Bee Removal or Windermere Bee Removal, contact us, The Stinging Insect Experts at 1-800-343-5317 or 321-206-5100.

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist, Florida Registered Beekeeper
The Buzzkillers, LLC, a Florida licensed, insured & Certified Pest Control Firm
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com

Merritt Island Bee Removal Bees in Tree Hole

2011-09-26T11:40:00.000-04:00

Honey Bees really, really like to build nests in Tree Holes, the hollows that are in many of the larger trees in our landscapes. Ok, they probably don't "like" to build them, but tree holes are a natural, safe environment for honey bees and we find many pest colonies of bees residing in tree holes.

Bees in Merritt Island Tree Hole

Now, many of our clients would like us to do a live removal, and relocate the bee colony to one of our apiaries. It breaks some hearts when we explain that the only way one can do a True Live Bee Removal from a tree hole, is to cut the portion of the tree away where the colony is located and then cut that portion open to get at the nest. Most clients really don't want to remove their trees, so the only option available is to terminate the bee colony.

Some might ask, "Why don't you leave the honey bee colony where it is? After all we are losing bee populations, right? Well, yes we've had increased mortality in our managed honey bees, those that we keep in white boxes. However, most of the bees we encounter in yards, buildings, etc., at least here in Florida, are not bees that we really want to keep in our white hive boxes. Most wild or feral bees have 'mixed-up' genetics, and make poor candidates for serious beekeepers. Worse yet, the numbers of Africanized (or African, or Killer Bees) are shooting through the roof here in Florida, with increases in bee attacks occuring. Trying live removals of feral bees located in or around humans is frought with danger and liability risk. It's something that we are doing less and less of every day.

And leave that colony in the tree, and odds are, as the colony increases in size, your risk for sting incidents go higher too. Daily, we field calls from folks who suffer stings from bee colonies that were very docile. Something happens to make the colony more defensive and POW!, your Saturday morning chores are put on hold as you spend the weekend in the hospital, recovering from an overload of bee venom.

Bees Buzzing you? Call us at 1-800-343-5317 or 321-206-5100 for expert Merritt Island Bee Removal, or bee removal from anywhere in the state of Florida.

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist and Registered Beekeeper
The Buzzkillers, LLC
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More Orlando Bees in a Tree Hole

2011-09-21T09:55:00.000-04:00

These Orlando Honey Bees were stinging the lawn crews as they performed lawn maintenance and even went after the mail delivery trucks!

Orlando bees in Tree

It's likely these are AHB or Killer Bees, as we are seeing more Africanized Honey Bee genetics spreading throughout Central Florida.

Sometimes folks want us to relocate bees that are in tree holes and have a hard time understanding that there is really no way to save a colony if it's residing inside the tree hollow....unless one is willing to cut the tree down!

Please, if you have a bee colony in a tree hole, or anywhere, don't attempt a removal yourself. Call the Stinging Insect Specialists at 1-800-343-5317 or 321-206-5100 in Central Florida.

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist and Registered Beekeeper
The Buzzkillers, LLC, a certified, licensed and insured bee removal firm
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com

Orlando Bees in a Tree Hole

2011-09-16T09:55:00.000-04:00

One of a honey bee colony's favorite locations to build a nest, is in the interior of trees. Most larger trees will have a hollow core, and it's a perfect, safe and insulated place to set up shop!

Removing Bees in a tree hole, Orlando Fla.

This colony of bees had been threatening citizens at a local Orlando City Park, and because we are seeing higher numbers of Africanized Honey Bees, ( AHB or Killer Bees!), City, Town and County Governments have us perform proper bee removals in many locations so citizens can enjoy safe use of government facilities.

Folks are often surprised to learn that we are seeing increased numbers of mean, Africanized Bees in central Orlando and other Central Florida cities. These are not places to be trying relocations of honey bees. The sting risk to nearby humans and pets is significant. There are folks so allergic to venom, that one sting can send them to the Emergency Room! Some can even die from one or a few stings!

Bees Buzzing You? Call the Stinging Insect Professionals at 1-800-343-5317

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist and Fla. Registered Beekeeper
The Buzzkillers, LLC, your Licensed and Insured Stinging Insect Pest Control Company
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Gainesville Bee Control: 40 feet up in a Tree!

2011-04-26T13:22:00.000-04:00

Sometimes we are called to scenes that are almost out of a movie, where folks get stung so badly by bees, that it's by stroke of luck that they survive!

Gainesville Bees in Tree 40 Ft. high

The photo above illustrates one such event last summer in Gainesville, Florida. Tree surgeons were cutting down trees in a residential backyard and rope climbing in the trees when a honey bee colony located in the trunk of one tree was disturbed by the activity nearby. A climber was attacked by the honey bees, so badly that he couldn't yell down to his support crew, for all the attacking bees getting in his mouth, nose and ears.

Folks, It's important to respect honey bee colonies, whether they are African or European Honey Bees. Don't risk your life for a bee removal bill that's about the price of an emergency room visit, As if you self-remove, your life may be in jeapordy. Is it really worth the risk?

Call us at 1-800-343-5317 for expert bee removal services.

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist
The Buzzkillers, LLC
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com

Orlando Honey Bee Swarm Removal

2011-04-14T03:01:00.000-04:00

Orlando Honey Bee Swarm

Our honey bee swarm season continues here in Orlando, and throughout Florida.

Honey bees live in a harmonious social structure that swells to maybe 50 THOUSAND adults during the spring blooming season. When colonies are bursting at the seam with such numbers, a swarm response occurs, where up to about half the colony's members will leave the nest in a coordinated issuance, flying around the nest area. The queen is coaxed to leave as well and the whole group is herded by a dedicated corps of 'scouts', that guide them to a new location to build a new colony.

The sight of this swarming behaviour is frightening to many, but if one stays quiet and moves little, one can observe a wonder of the world, for it still entertains and sets this seasoned entomologist to wonder. Check out our some of our bee swarm pages and our honey bee swarm blog posts and pics here.

If you have a swarm of honey bees that just won't leave, contact us at our ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com website or call at 1-800-343-5317 for expert bee removal services.

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist
The Buzzkillers, LLC
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com

Pinellas Park Bee Removal - BIG External nest!

2011-04-12T13:26:00.000-04:00

As we've been performing bee removals for over 15 years, we've seen lots of changes in honey bee behavior as the feral populations have shifted from mostly gentle European Honey Bees to often very defensive African subspecies of honey bees. Many call these Killer Bees, as they can certainly defend their colony with deadly force.

Entomologist Jonathan Simkins & Pinellas Park Bees

This is a photo of a honey bee nest and myself, posing for the camera! You may noticed that the bees are not attacking me in this picture, and many will assume that this means the colony is not an African or Killer Bee colony. In reality, these bees turned out to be extremely defensive, nearly covering my veil as I was working them, just showing how bees can seem to be gentle, and with what seems to be a small amount of provocation, they can turn mean as fire.

Please, do not attempt removals of bee nests such as this. We are Stinging Insect Entomologists, Certified Pest Control operators and Florida Registered Beekeepers. We take the stings so you don't have to! Call us at 1-800-343-5317 or schedule an appointment at our website, ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com

Jonathan Simkins, B.Sc., Entomologist
Insect IQ
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Winter Haven Bee Removal -Closeup of External Nest

2011-04-11T22:37:00.000-04:00

We perform bee removals for many city, county and other Governmental entities throughout the State of Florida, & they can depend on our Stinging Insect Entomologists to design removal protocols that protect their residents, pets and livestock.

Winter Haven Bees on Comb

Here is a close-up photo of an external honey bee colony that we removed for the city of Winter Haven earlier this month. Sometimes, we just have to stop and admire the beauty of these interesting social insects.

You can see many female workers on the comb, which contains plenty of nectar, which is undergoing transformation into honey.

Should you encounter an external honey bee nest in a tree or anywhere.. please, do not attempt removal yourself. Schedule an appointment with the Stinging Insect Experts at ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com or 1-800-343-5317 for expert Winter Haven Bee Removal, or any bee removal in the state of Florida.

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Stinging Insect Entomologist
The Buzzkillers, LLC
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Kissimmee GIANT External Honey Bee colony!

2011-03-26T12:08:00.000-04:00

Some of the most interesting bee removals we perform are with external honey bee colonies. These used to be very rare, as the gentle European Honey bees that have been residents for over 300 years in the U.S., really prefer to build their nests within voids, such as tree holes and in building walls. However, as the Africanized Honey Bee, (AHB), has been spreading throughout Florida, we are encountering many, many more of these beautiful, but potentially deadly colonies.

Kissimmee HUGE Africanized Honey Bee Nest

This nest stretched over 4 FEET Long!, and was extremely defensive. We were hoping to perform a live removal and relocation with this nest, as it's located in a large, unpopulated ranch, however, these bees were so, so mean, that we had to eradicate them.

It makes no sense whatsoever to try to save such mean, and potentially killer bees. We have LOADS of feral honey bees in Florida and always put the safety of humans, pets and livestock above any feral bee colony. You should too.

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com
The Buzzkillers, LLC

Satellite Beach: Bee Swarm in Tree

2011-03-16T07:07:00.000-04:00

We are receiving hundreds of calls a day for a phenomenon that occurs every spring and one that we call "Swarm Season". Honey Bee queens start increasing their egglaying as nectar from spring flower blossoms are brought in by the thousands of foragers that each colony contains. Within weeks, the colony numbers can be 50,000 and that signals the colony to issue the Prime Directive: REPRODUCE!!!

And this is the product of the colony reproduction:

Satellite Beach Bee Swarm

A 'swarm' of bees, that leaves the colony and lands temporarily, on a tree, a house or just about anything else. While it may seem to most folks that these are very dangerous, in reality, a swarm of 20,000 honey bees are likely not much of a threat.... as long as you don't try to eradicate or remove them improperly. In fact, in most cases, you can secure the area from traffic, and the swarm will leave for permanent digs within a few hours!!!

Call us for proper swarm removal 1-800-343-5317

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com

Ocala honey bee external nest in Pine Tree

2011-03-10T03:01:00.000-05:00

This nest is a beauty, about 15 feet high, and 7 plates wide. It looks like the colony swarmed recently, as you can see much of the comb material. In a couple weeks, it will be covered with bees once again.

Ocala Bees in Tree

Here's the problem. This nest is located adjacent to a large manufacturing facility AND a school!. Children run through this natural area, and it's a disaster just waiting to happen. So, we've removed the nest, in a manner that minimizes bee activity after the removal. Most folks practicing this art seem to cast a blind eye to the numbers of bees that will cluster in the spot of the former nest, posing quite a danger to adults and children alike, as the bees get defensive and possibly stinging anything that moves.

Hire the professionals, ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com has teams that are licensed, insured, and use a protocol developed by stinging insect entomologists, to ensure your safety. Call us at 1-800-343-5317

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist

Clermont External Honey Bee Nest

2011-03-04T09:45:00.000-05:00

This time of year, we get loads of calls for these kind of bee nests: External comb built right in or under tree branches:

Here's what you may not realize. The probability is High that these are Africanized Honey Bees (AHB), aka "Killer Bees", and not the desired European Honey Bees that we keep in our white boxes. However, it's possible to do a live relocation to our quarantine apiary, but we have to consider the sting risk before attempting such removals.

Please, do not attempt to perform removals on these type nests as these bees can turn very mean, once one tries to attempt removal or spraying.

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist
1-800-343-5317
http://ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com

Gainesville Honey Bee Swarm

2011-03-02T20:48:00.000-05:00

Swarm season has started! We removed this small swarm of bees from a Gainesville Apartment complex this evening.

Maitland: Mean Bees in Tree forces road closure

2010-10-07T14:31:00.000-04:00

We perform bee and other stinging insect removals for most of the counties and cities in the State of Florida, as our protocol minimizes sting risk and liability for these municipalities and for their citizens. One sting is sufficient to kill a person, if they are allergic.

Sometimes, we encounter Honey Bees that are extremely MEAN, so defensive, that they will sting any human or animal within hundreds of feet. When this happens we have to take extraordinary measures, often working with LEO (Law Enforcement), to close down streets, warn neighbors, which requires us to stay on location for hours. We can't be too careful.

This photo shows our Technician, Jason, working a Maitland Bee Removal, where the bees were so defensive, we had to have the street closed down for 3 hours until the returning foragers suffered sufficient mortality to lessen their defensive posture.

The Law requires bee removal firms to be State Licensed Pest Control Operators, NOT beekeepers. Common sense should dictate that one hires a true bee removal professional, such as us here at ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com. Call us at 800-343-5317 for the Stinging Insect Experts!

Winter Park Live Honey Bee Removal from Birdhouse!

2010-09-15T18:41:00.001-04:00

This is really cool... Honey Bees moved into a birdhouse in Winter Park, Fla., and ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com came to the homeowner's rescue to perform a live honey bee relocation.

Now, African Honey bees, aka Killer Bees, really, really prefer smaller voids such as bird houses, feeders, wildlife nesting boxes and the like, so it's quite probable that these are African. But, in this case , we were able to remove the birdhouse, with live bees and relocate them to our quarantine apiary, where we can monitor them and requeen to ensure good, gentle genetics.

If you have bees in a birdhouse, or anywhere else, contact us, the Stinging Insect Experts at http://ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com or 800-343-5317.

Richard Martyniak, M.Sc., Entomologist