{"id":7329,"date":"2025-01-02T14:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/?page_id=7329"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:46:10","slug":"bee-removals-and-swarms-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Removals and Swarms – 2025"},"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 249:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1\/2\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 Transferred a good size hive and all its comb from a brood size trap box that was on the back wall to a proper brood box on an apiary stand.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 250:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1\/7\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A small hive was removed from a water meter on Cape Sable Drive in Naples.\u00a0 About two frames worth of comb was rubber band mounted.\u00a0 The queen was spotted and caged and will be released when the brood box is moved to the apiary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 251:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1\/8\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 Another small hive was removed from a water meter on Cape Haze Lane in Naples and then placed in a brood box in the apiary. \u00a0 A nearby swarm that had landed on the bottom of a trap box and was staying there for several days, was removed and paper combined with this small removal. \u00a0 Maybe something good will develop. It is so cold right now (in the 40s at night), that the exposed swarm would probably not survive on its own.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 252:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/13\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 Removed an owl box packed with bees from a tree on Hawser Lane in Naples. With considerable difficulty, the box was detached from the tree trunk and placed intact in to a stack of langstroth hive boxes and then transported to the apiary. After the bees settle down in a few days, the owl box will be opened and all the comb will be frame mounted and the bees should be happy to have more space for their hive to grow. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Click on picture for a larger view. After only a short time, any bees in the capture boxes have found the entrance to their hive box containing the owl box.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Removal 253:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/18\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 Removed another owl box located on a pine tree at a house on Myrtle Road in Naples. The owl box was unscrewed from the tree and gently placed in a double hive box for transport to the apiary.\u00a0 The next day the bees and comb where placed in an apiary hive box.\u00a0
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All the comb was removed from the Owl box and rubber banded in to frames in a brood box in the apiary. The Owl box was packed with brood comb and bees!! Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Removal 254:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/23\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 Removed yet another owl box located on a pine tree adjacent to the apiary. Last year a small owl took up residence, but it now had a hive in it.\u00a0\u00a0 Upon removal and opening the owl box, lots of comb and bees were able to be removed and relocated to an apiary brood box.\u00a0 4 brood size frames were filled with rubber banded comb.\u00a0 At the bottom of the owl box were three hatched egg shells, indicating that the time the owl was in the box must have been successful.\u00a0\u00a0
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<\/a>Removal 255:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/25\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A very large hive was removed from a backyard storage building on Sea Grass Lane in Naples.\u00a0 The hive had multiple comb sheets of brood which were cut to fit in frames of a brood box.\u00a0 The box was then left close to the location of the original hive and eventually moved to the apiary once the bees settled in to it.\u00a0 A\u00a0 super was added once in the apiary as there were too many bees for the single brood size box.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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This large live removal finally is in the apiary. A little vegetation for a while on the front helps the bees to reorient. Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Removal 256:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/11\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A very small hive was removed from a water meter on Old Mahogany Court in Naples.\u00a0 As the comb was removed and rubber band mounted, the queen was spotted and caged. Later, In a few hours, the hive and its queen were set up in the NaplesBees apiary. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 257:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/3\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A medium size hive was removed from a water meter on Hidden Harbor Drive in Naples.\u00a0 All the comb with lots of brood was removed and finally the queen was spotted along the bottom of the empty water meter.\u00a0 Later, In a few hours, the hive and its queen were set up in the NaplesBees apiary. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 258:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/4\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 Another medium size hive was removed from a water meter on Saint Raphael Drive in Naples.\u00a0 All the comb with lots of brood was removed and all was moved to the NaplesBees apiary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Removal 259:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/11\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A small swarm from the apiary went to a bush nearby. The queen was caged and the bees were moved to brood box in the NaplesBees apiary.\u00a0 A small table was temporarily used until space on one of the apiary stands becomes available.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 260:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/24\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A nice size hive was removed from a water meter on Warwick Hills Drive in Naples.\u00a0 About 5 frames of comb with lots of brood was mounted on frames.\u00a0 Most of the bees were vacuumed up with the homemade beevac that has served us well over many years.\u00a0 The queen was never seen during the removal but an inspection of the hive a few days after being in the apiary showed a very nice looking queen busy laying eggs!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 261:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/30\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 An extra large owl box full of bees fell from a tree at a house on 5th Avenue Southwest.\u00a0 With a little disassembly the box was able to fit in to a couple stacked hive boxes for transport to the apiary.\u00a0
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6\/30\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 This BB&G beekeeper is starting to see a few swarms after doing an early summer honey harvest<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 A swarm from the shown brown brood box settled on the ground.\u00a0 After a nuc box was placed nearby with the caged queen, the swarm moved from the ground to the nuc box placed temporarily on a chair.\u00a0 A swarm from a another hive a few weeks ago had set up shop in a brood box trap that had been placed high up on a garage side wall.\u00a0 If the swarms turn in to good hives, maybe a few BB&G folks will get some free bees!!
\nUpdate 7\/18\/2025:\u00a0 It was discovered that the box on the far right had gone queenless.\u00a0 It was decided to try a paper combine of the nuc on the chair to the queenless hive. The supers were removed and the nuc’s frames were put in to a brood box and placed on top of the queenless hive’s brood box with paper between the boxes (red arrow).\u00a0 The empty supers were removed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 263:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

7\/18\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A medium size hive was removed from a ground utility box at Wisconsin Drive in Naples.\u00a0 All the comb was cut out and placed in a brood box and then all the remaining bees were vacuumed up with the beevac.\u00a0 The hive was then transported directly to an apiary belonging to a fellow BB&G beekeeper.\u00a0 \u00a0
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8\/15\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A couple swarm traps from the NaplesBees apiary were moved to another apiary belonging to a BB&G beekeeper.\u00a0 \u00a0These were swarm trap nuc size boxes that had been set up around the NaplesBees apiary.\u00a0 The nucs were placed next to an empty brood box so that when the nuc frames are eventually moved to the brood box, the bees are already oriented to the location.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 266:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

8\/27\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A very small hive was removed from a storage box in the backyard of a house on Lorraine Avenue in Naples.\u00a0 \u00a0This removal involved two BB&G backyard beekeepers that have a growing apiary.\u00a0 \u00a0Nothing like a little hands on experience with a live removal and using the “beevac”.\u00a0 The bees were relocated to their BB&G apiary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 267:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

8\/30\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A large hive was removed from a water meter box located on Tahiti Street, Isle of Capri.\u00a0 8 pieces of brood comb were removed and rubber banded on to frames.\u00a0 The beevac was used to get 99% of the bees.\u00a0 The hive was transferred to a BB&G apiary in Naples.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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10\/18\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A swarm trap on the garage side wall was moved down to an apiary stand.\u00a0 A few leaves\/small branches were placed in the entrance after the move to help any emerging bees to reorient to the new location.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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11\/2\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 An 8th Avenue SE call came in to help get a hive box back together after a bear visit upended everything.\u00a0 \u00a0This time the frames stayed intact in the brood box and flow hive setup and repair consisted of just reassembling the brood box and flow hive boxes with the bottom and top boards. The boxes were very heavy which usually means there is considerable honey stored in them.\u00a0 \u00a0Luckily the bear visit did not destroy the frames.\u00a0
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11\/23\/2025<\/strong> \u2013 A swarm in a hedge at a 26th Place SW Golden Gate city apartment complex was removed.\u00a0 Two hedge branches were cut and the complete swarm was placed in a brood box with a few frames of comb.\u00a0 The box was then transported to the NaplesBees apiary.\u00a0 Hopefully, the swarm will decide to stay and build a hive.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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