{"id":4928,"date":"2021-01-05T11:32:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/?page_id=4928"},"modified":"2025-07-19T15:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:07:05","slug":"bee-removals-and-swarms-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Removals and Swarms – 2021"},"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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\nof removals done in a specific year<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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 116:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1\/5\/2021<\/strong> \u2013 Removal from a water meter on Mustang Island Circle located in south Naples.\u00a0 Comb was removed and mounted on frames and the queen was caged.\u00a0 The box was left overnight for the bees to move in to.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 117:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1\/20\/2021<\/strong> \u2013 Removal from a water meter on 45th Street SW located in Golden Gate city. Comb was removed and mounted on frames and the queen was caged. The box was left overnight for the bees to move in to.<\/span>
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1\/31\/2021<\/strong> \u2013 Removal from a water meter on St Andrews Blvd located in south Naples. Comb was removed and mounted on frames. The box was left overnight for the bees to move in to.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 119:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/6\/2021<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Removal from a water meter on 101st Avenue North located in north Naples. Unfortunately, the water meter lid and its attached comb and bees were removed by the owner to a plastic bin earlier. We did the best that could be done to recover the damaged comb and bees and placed everything in a brood box. The box was left until after sunset for the bees to move in to. Later that night the box was empty and the any bees had left for pats unknown.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 120:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/9\/2021<\/strong> \u2013 A small swarm that landed on some brush near the apiary was removed to an apiary brood box.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 121:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/14\/2021<\/strong> \u2013 A water meter hive removal from a Burnt Pine Drive address in North Naples.\u00a0 This time, lifting the lid showed the water meter had water up to within an inch of the lid.\u00a0 The poor bees were huddled up on the lid trying to stay out of the water.\u00a0 The bees were removed and placed in a box, but survivability looks to be very iffy.
\nUpdate 2\/15\/2021 — Inspection of the hive box after placing in the apiary showed a nice queen sitting on the underside of the top board!!<\/span>\u00a0 That is a hopeful sign.
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<\/a>Removal 122:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/15\/2021<\/strong> This morning, while out in the apiary, a swarm was observed to settle on a used brood frame left on top of a hive box. The frame and its attached bees were placed in its own brood box and they seemed to settle in OK…. we shall see what they decide to do…..stay or leave………maybe this will be free bees!!!!<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 123:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/28\/2021<\/strong> Removed a small hive from a water meter on 50th Lane SW in Golden Gate City. The queen was caged and a sugar syrup bottle was placed inside the brood box.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 124:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/4\/2021<\/strong> Removed a large hive in a tree. The bees were vacuumed up, the comb mounted in frames, and the queen found and caged.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 125:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/14\/2021<\/strong> Removed a medium size swarm that settled on a branch near the apiary. The queen was caged and all was placed in a brood box in the apiary.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 126:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/16\/2021<\/strong> Removed a medium size hive from a water meter box on Knights Court in Kings Lake, Naples, FL.<\/span>
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3\/18\/2021<\/strong> Removed a medium size hive from side of a house on Fort Charles Drive, Naples, FL.<\/span>
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3\/25\/2021<\/strong><\/span> Removed a small hive from a stump. During the process of cutting out the comb and mounting in frames, the bees swarmed and settled in a tree about 200 hundred feet away. The queen in the swarm was found and caged and the branch was cut and placed near the box entrance.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 129:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/30\/2021<\/strong><\/span> Removed a small hive from the soffit near a front door of a house on Terrazzo Lane. Toward the end of the comb removal, the queen was spotted and caged.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 130:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/1\/2021<\/strong><\/span> This morning a swarm was found on the ground in the apiary. The queen was spotted and caged and a swarm box’s entrance was placed near the bees and left. In a short time all the bees had move in and the box was moved to a stand.
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4\/6\/2021<\/strong> This morning a water meter removal was done on Viking Way in North Naples.\u00a0 It was a small hive.\u00a0 A box with comb and a sugar water feeder was placed near the water meter and the bees starting walking in after a few minutes. <\/span>
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4\/7\/2021<\/strong><\/span> This morning a removal was done at Sandpiper Street in Naples. It was a hive at the top of a post holding part of a canopy of vines.\u00a0 The hive comb was embedded with vines making removal difficult.\u00a0 The queen was spotted and caged toward the end of the comb removal. <\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 133:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/10\/2021<\/strong><\/span> In the early afternoon of Saturday, a small swarm was spotted hanging on a Brazilian pepper branch near the edge of the apiary.\u00a0 The queen was spotted and caged and all the bees were removed to a brood box.\u00a0 About 15 minutes later all the bees started to swarm from the brood box and a cloud of bees in the air drifted about 40 feet away.\u00a0 After about 5 minutes, the whole cloud drifted back toward the box and all the bees landed on the outside of the box.\u00a0 After about another 5 minutes, bees started marching back in to the box and soon all the bees had entered the box where their caged queen was.\u00a0 Just an awesome display of the influence that the queen has on a potential new hive.\u00a0 There is little doubt that if the queen had not been caged, the bees would have swarmed away!!<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 134:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/12\/2021<\/strong><\/span> This morning, a swarm was observed to settle on a stand leg in the apiary.\u00a0 The bees were scooped up and placed in a hive box with used comb.\u00a0 The queen was never spotted which was a little unusual since it was a small swarm and the number of bees was not that large.\u00a0 If they do have a queen, hopefully, they will stay.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 135:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/2021<\/strong><\/span> A swarm located on Normady drive in East Naples was removed this afternoon. The queen was caged.\u00a0 The swarm was placed in a hive box with a feeder and drawn comb.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 136:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/27\/2021<\/strong><\/span> A hive was removed from a water meter on Las Palmas Circle in Bonita Springs.\u00a0 It was a small hive with about one frame of comb which had been intricately attached to a large coil of wire stuffed inside the water meter.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 137:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/5\/2021<\/strong><\/span> A swarm in a shrub next to the apiary was captured and placed in a brood box.\u00a0 This time I am keeping the box confined to see if that helps the bees and queen to stay.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 138:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/12\/2021<\/strong> A very large hive was removed from a carport ceiling at a house on 12th Street North in Naples.\u00a0 The hive consisted of three spaces formed by the roof beams and the extent of the hive size was revealed as sections of the plywood was cut away.\u00a0 There had to be at least 30-40K bees.\u00a0 Around 30 pounds of honey was removed. Toward the end of all the comb removal, the queen was spotted and caged.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 139:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/14\/2021<\/strong> A fairly large swarm was spotted high up on a tree trunk on a neighbor’s property south of the NaplesBees apiary.\u00a0 Not much could be done to reach the swarm, but it was kept under watch to see where it might go as some scout bees were seen checking out a few of the area swarm boxes.\u00a0 Toward the late afternoon the swarm took flight and went over in to one of the brood box size swarm traps set up near the apiary.\u00a0 It was an awesome sight to see how quickly thousands of bees can suddenly take flight to a new home.\u00a0 FREE BEES!!!!<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 140:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/18\/2021<\/strong> A hive was removed from the backyard of a house on 4th Street South in Naples.\u00a0 The hive was located in a piece of upside down pottery, with the bees going in and out via the pot’s drain hole.\u00a0 Upon examination, the pot was packed with built out comb.\u00a0 It was decided to remove the hive by placing the whole pot in an empty brood\/super box setup.\u00a0 Once transported, the comb was cut out and rubber banded into frames.<\/span>
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<\/a>Removal 141:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/20\/2021<\/strong> A large hive was removed from a side of a house on Hendon Court in Naples.\u00a0 The beevac was used and all the comb was cut out and rubber band mounted, filling a 10 frame brood box.<\/span>
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5\/25\/2021<\/strong> A hive in a packed water meter was removed at a house on 10th Street North in Naples.\u00a0 As can be seen, lifting the lid broke loose some comb, but most pieces were able to be rubber band mounted in frames.\u00a0 All together there were about 9 brood frames of comb with brood\/pollen\/nectar.<\/span>
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6\/3\/2021<\/strong> A water meter removal was done at a house on Willoughby Drive in Naples. All the removed comb was rubber band mounted in frames and the box left near the water meter for a short time, giving the bees a chance to move in.<\/span>
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6\/3\/2021<\/strong><\/span> A swarm settled on the ground near the apiary and was coaxed in to marching in to a hive box placed near the swarm.<\/span>
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