Bee Swarm Removal
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Every Spring bees may decide to leave a perfectly comfortable hive and find a new home, this is called 'swarming'. When this happens you may hear them coming because of their loud buzz as they fly by, or you may see them swirling around in the sky as they pass you. Soon they will settle on something, it could be a tree, your car, a rubbish bin, in fact anything will do!
Then they send out their scouts to find a comfortable new home. While the scouts are looking, the bees all form a ball of bee-ness to protect the Queen. Yes, she will be somewhere in the middle of the ball of bees! Stay Calm and Buzz Off! They might stay there for a day or so, or they might move on after a few minutes. Those swarming bees are simply on the move to a better place! * Is the swarm with 10km of the roundabout at Flagstaff Hill? If your swarm is within 10 kms of the intersection of Blacks, Road, Flagstaff Road and Happy Valley Drive, Flagstaff Hill, give me a call 0419909285 and see if I'm avaliable to remove it for you. Check the Google map below. Call us on 0419909285 when you need a bee swarm caught and removed*.
We will get them rehoused into a nice wooden bee hive box. After the sun goes down and all the bees are in the box, we will close the door and take them to one of our apiaries in the Adelaide Hills. |
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Our Bee Swarm Capture and Removal Service
Catching Swarms is usually pretty straight forward, as you can see from some of the photos below. But some times they can be in hard to reach difficult places and it takes more effort, time and skill to capture and remove the swarm.
Bee Swarm Removal Fees and Quotes
Feel free to SMS us lots of photos of the swarm so we can assess the nature of it before we come out.
We may be able to give you a quote if the photos are suitable.
Easy Bee Swarm fee:
For a standard, easy to get to, local, swarm capture and removal, we charge a small fee to cover materials and transport costs: $60.00 cash on the day.
Complex Bee Swarm fee
The more complex the swarm location etc, the more the fee, naturally. Call us for a quote.
As an example, the photos below showing a swarm on a sloped concrete wall was a 'Moderate Difficulty' job and took more skill as the bees were hiding in the holes in the concrete. Something like that would be about $120.00 to give you a rough idea.
Call us on 0419909285 when you need a bee swarm caught and removed.
Catching Swarms is usually pretty straight forward, as you can see from some of the photos below. But some times they can be in hard to reach difficult places and it takes more effort, time and skill to capture and remove the swarm.
Bee Swarm Removal Fees and Quotes
Feel free to SMS us lots of photos of the swarm so we can assess the nature of it before we come out.
We may be able to give you a quote if the photos are suitable.
Easy Bee Swarm fee:
For a standard, easy to get to, local, swarm capture and removal, we charge a small fee to cover materials and transport costs: $60.00 cash on the day.
Complex Bee Swarm fee
The more complex the swarm location etc, the more the fee, naturally. Call us for a quote.
As an example, the photos below showing a swarm on a sloped concrete wall was a 'Moderate Difficulty' job and took more skill as the bees were hiding in the holes in the concrete. Something like that would be about $120.00 to give you a rough idea.
Call us on 0419909285 when you need a bee swarm caught and removed.
Do you have a swarm of bees that are bothering you?
Bee Swarms on Public Land?
If it's on public land contact your local city council and they can usually arrange for the bee swarm to be collected free of charge.
If you are in South Australia, click here to find the phone number for your local Council.
Bee Swarms on Private Property?
You can call us at Hilltop Hives on 0419909285.
Read more about swarm capture and removal on our Bee Swarm Removal page here.
If you can't get hold of us at Hilltop Hives you could also try the link beelow and complete the form and our nearest friendly beekeeper and SwarmPatroller will contact you and arrange for its removal.
The SwarmPatrol web site facilitates a very fast notification of any swarms or feral colonies, which can then be collected by Beekeepers to be relocated. The very powerful Geopositioning function of SwarmPatrol.com enables the closest Beekeepers to the bee swarm to be notified by a text message to their mobile phones, thus guaranteeing the quickest possible response for the convenience the private property owner.
The SwarmPatroller will make contact with the person reporting the swarm and will arrange for the removal of it either at no charge or at a mutually agreeable fee.
Call Hilltop Hives SA on 0419909285 when you need a bee swarm caught and removed.
Bee Swarms on Public Land?
If it's on public land contact your local city council and they can usually arrange for the bee swarm to be collected free of charge.
If you are in South Australia, click here to find the phone number for your local Council.
Bee Swarms on Private Property?
You can call us at Hilltop Hives on 0419909285.
Read more about swarm capture and removal on our Bee Swarm Removal page here.
If you can't get hold of us at Hilltop Hives you could also try the link beelow and complete the form and our nearest friendly beekeeper and SwarmPatroller will contact you and arrange for its removal.
The SwarmPatrol web site facilitates a very fast notification of any swarms or feral colonies, which can then be collected by Beekeepers to be relocated. The very powerful Geopositioning function of SwarmPatrol.com enables the closest Beekeepers to the bee swarm to be notified by a text message to their mobile phones, thus guaranteeing the quickest possible response for the convenience the private property owner.
The SwarmPatroller will make contact with the person reporting the swarm and will arrange for the removal of it either at no charge or at a mutually agreeable fee.
Call Hilltop Hives SA on 0419909285 when you need a bee swarm caught and removed.