{"id":4325,"date":"2020-01-02T17:17:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T22:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/?page_id=4325"},"modified":"2025-07-19T15:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:06:44","slug":"bee-removals-and-swarms-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Removals and Swarms – 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hundreds of bee removals from trees\/houses\/roofs\/sheds\/water meters\/etc have been done over the years. Hive access is sometimes difficult and sometimes easy. Every removal situation is different and always an adventure.\u00a0 If you have bees that need removing give us a chance to relocate them to a good home in an area hobby beekeeper’s apiary.\u00a0 The NaplesBees apiary owner is licensed by the state of Florida for live bee removal.\u00a0 Not all types of removals can be done, based on various factors including access to the hive or space in my apiary.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> to contact NaplesBees for a quick response to any request.\u00a0 Below is a chronological listing of a few of the bee removals done over the years.\u00a0
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See 2026 year 28 bee removals here<\/a><\/span>
\nSee 2025 year 21 bee removals here<\/a><\/span>
\nSee 2024 year 19 bee removals here<\/span><\/a>
\nSee 2023 year 12 bee removals here<\/a><\/span>
\nSee 2022 year 38 bee removals here<\/a><\/span>
\nSee 2021 year 60 bee removals here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nSee 2020 year 55 bee removals here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nSee 2019 year 10 bee removals here<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>See 2018 year 6 bee removals<\/span> here<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nSee 2017 year 12 bee removals<\/span> here<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>See 2014-2016 years 28 bee removals here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>Removal 60:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1\/2\/<\/strong>20<\/strong>20<\/strong> \u2013 A small swarm was removed from a roadside tree in Goodlette\/Pine Ridge road area of Naples. The bulk of the bees were gently scooped up and moved into a brood box and then gradually the remaining tree trunk bees moved into the box on their own.\u00a0\u00a0 Following the initial removal, the swarm did not want to stay put in the apiary, ie, swarming two more times so far.<\/span>
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1\/26\/<\/strong>20<\/strong>20<\/strong> \u2013 A small swarm was removed from the front door area of an East Naples house. The queen was found and caged.
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<\/a>Removal 62:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/21\/<\/strong>20<\/strong>20<\/strong> \u2013 A hive was removed from a Comcast service container located on a street in East Naples.\u00a0 In order to remove the cover, the comb which was built around a lot of wiring, was heavily damaged.\u00a0 Even so a lot of brood comb, honey comb, and bees were able to be removed and relocated to an apiary.\u00a0 An examination a few days later of the brood box in the apiary revealed the hive has a healthy queen.
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3\/3\/<\/strong>20<\/strong>20<\/strong> \u2013 A very small hive was removed from a cypress tree at a home in Golden Gate Estates.\u00a0 We used our battery powered bee vac to remove most of the bees and then enlarged the hole slightly to so we could remove all the comb.\u00a0 A queen was not spotted because of the confined space, but something (queen pheromone?) was attracting the bees to our bee vac.\u00a0 Maybe we will spot the queen when the hive is moved in to our apiary.
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<\/a>Removal 64:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/11\/<\/strong>20<\/strong>20<\/strong> \u2013 A very large hive was removed from a wooden table structure in eastern Golden Gate Estates.\u00a0 The large hive had built extensive comb along the bottom of large wooden console table.\u00a0 Access was difficult but all the comb was removed and all the bees were vacuumed up using our “beevac”.\u00a0 The size of the hive was around 5 X 3 feet and was packed with 20-25 thousand bees.
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<\/a>Removal 65:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/26\/<\/strong>20<\/strong>20<\/strong> \u2013 A small hive was removed from a buried propane tank cover in the Palm River area of Naples.\u00a0 About 4 pieces of comb were recovered with brood and most of the bees captured.
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<\/a>Removal 66:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/2\/<\/strong>20<\/strong>20<\/strong> \u2013 A small hive was removed from a water meter box in the Naples Park area of Naples.\u00a0 The queen was spotted and caged.\u00a0 Using the newspaper technique, it was combined with another hive in our apiary that had gone queenless recently. We marked the queen.
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4\/8\/<\/strong>20<\/strong>20<\/strong> \u2013 Another hive was removed from a water meter box in the Naples Park area of Naples. This one had about 6 good size frames of brood.
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<\/a>Removal 68:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/12\/<\/strong>20<\/strong>20<\/strong> \u2013 A good size swarm was removed that had settled on the back side lid of another hive box in the apiary.\u00a0 The trick to a successful swarm removal is capturing the queen.\u00a0 Sometimes she is hard to spot, but with a little patience she usually can be found and then caged to allow the hive to settle in the box.\u00a0 She can be released in a few days. \u00a0 A short video of the removal is shown below.
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