Saturday, February 25, 2012

Orlando Live Honey Bee Removal - Swarm Relocated!

Orlando Live Honey Bee Swarm Relocation

We've been blessed with a mild winter, and our honey bees have been able to feed very well during this time, which means one thing: IT"S SWARM SEASON!!!!

All over central Florida, existing honey bee colonies are bursting at the seams, with too many occupants. When this happens, the bees are just waiting for a good rain, followed by sunny days with little wind. 
Orlando Bee Swarm on Fence

We experienced rain last Thursday and Friday, and yesterday was blue skies and little wind, which caused this swarm to issue from a honey bee nest.

The queen landed on a fence, making it easy for me to capture, and move all her daughters into a waiting hive box. We came back later in the night to remove the box to one of our apiaries. 
Hiving the swarm; Live bee removal

Good luck queenie!!!!  My son even helped with beekeeper duties!
My young Beekeeper son

Folks, If you have a honey bee swarm, please give us a call to discuss your options. You may need to do nothing but watch these wonderful critters for a day or so, before they find another, permanent site. Or, in some cases, it's best for us, The Stinging Insect Specialists to remove them for you. 

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 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

Orlando Bee Removal under a Stilt House

Honey bees will build nests just about anywhere, as shown by our technician, Jason Deeringer, who is also Vice-President of the Orange Blossom Beekeepers Association:
Orlando Bee Removal
This removal was actually TWO bee nests located under the same stilt house. One colony was very gentle..the other colony..not so much. It was extremely defensive and our technicians suffered many honey bee stings performing the removal. We collected samples and the bees tested out at near 100% Africanized Honey Bees.

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 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
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com

Friday, February 24, 2012

This was a HUGE Orlando Bee Hive!

We perform bee removals from just about everywhere you can imagine: House walls, under manufacutured homes, apartments, trailers, boats..

Africanized Honey bees or Killer bees, will often build nests on or under tree limbs, right out in the open!

This is one of the larger nests we've ever seen in Orlando, containing at least 50 Thousand Bees!!

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 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
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com