Services Bee Rescues

Bee Removals

The TBBA does not perform bee removals but you if there is a swarm or a colony of honey bees, that is a nuisance, you can reach out to the listed people below for your area.
Removals take time, equipment and experience, most removals are not free.

Brandon, Plant City, & Riverview
Robert Jones – (813)-424-9252

Lutz, Wesley Chapel, & Land O’ Lakes
Bert Blackburn – (813)-758-7822 (text first!)

South Tampa & McDill AFB
Kyle Foster – (813)-503-9654

Polk County
Steve Bouchard (Steve’s Bees) – Specializing in high swarms – (863)-602-0646
Jonathan Beale (Miss Beehavin’ Bee Company) – (863)-336-1127
Carlin Doyen – (863)-289-3985

Pasco County
BeeReady4Anything -Jennifer & David Jones – (727) 266-0233

Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Citrus Counties
Kyle Bolton – (352) 442-8799

Please contact a beekeeper listed above for price quotes and availability. If safely possible take some photos of the bees and where they are at exactly, to help the beekeepers. Again removals take time, equipment, and experience, therefore most removals are not free.
This information is provided for reference purposes only, you are responsible to check the license and insurance of the subcontractor you hire to work on your property. No endorsement or recommendation by the TBBA is implied.

You can also check with the Florida Department of Agriculture page for additional listings: https://www.fdacs.gov/Consumer-Resources/Consumer-Rights-and-Responsibilities/Pest-Control/Honey-Bee-Removal-or-Eradication-in-Florida

Swarm of Bees

Easy Removal if not to high in a tree or structure

Swarms often consist of an old queen with half of a hives worker bees. If not removed, the bees often move on within an hour to a couple of days. Success rate of full removal is often 85% to 95%

side of a shed opened up showing the honey combs and bees

Cutout of a Colony

Easy to Difficult, depending on location and access

The beekeeper will remove siding, or go through the inside wall or ceiling to access the colony. Then the beekeeper will cut out all the comb and remove the bees. Success rate 65% to 85%

A contraption to hold up a small bee box to entice the bees out of a hole in the tree where an escape-only cone has been attached to the tree

Trapout of a Colony

Difficult and Lengthy Removal

A trapout can be done when bees are in a solid/stone structure or in a tree (not being cut down) The removal is slow going, and it is going to take time (up to months) and will require multiple visits. The success rate can be from 25% to 75%.

Honey Bee Education in Tampa Bay

Our web site, Facebook, meetings and apiary days educate and support the beekeeping community.

Beekeeping Workshops

Hive Maintenance Tips

Monthly nectar flow info

Pollen loaded honey bbee flying to a sunflower

Community Outreach Events

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