{"id":7904,"date":"2026-01-11T08:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/?page_id=7904"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:47:53","slug":"bee-removals-and-swarms-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/bee-removals-and-swarms-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Removals and Swarms – 2026"},"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 271:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1\/10\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A small swarm was removed from a tree at a Countryside Drive, Naples, home.\u00a0 The beevac was used to slowly remove the bees as the queen was spotted and caged.\u00a0 The bees were put in the apiary later along with a sugar water frame feeder to help them get started building comb.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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A couple weeks later, an inspection of the hive in the apiary revealed that comb was being built and the queen was laying eggs….. a sure sign the bees will be staying and the hive growing. Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Removal 272:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\/27\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A small swarm was removed from a water meter on Willoughby Drive in Naples. The hive was beevaced in to a hive box that contained a sugar water feeder frame and then transported to the apiary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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A hive’s month long journey to finally being setup in the apiary. Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Removal 273:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/6\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 Another small swarm was removed from a water meter on St. Andrew Blvd in Naples. The hive was beevaced in to a hive box that contained a sugar water feeder frame and then transported to the apiary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 274:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/17\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A very large hive was removed from a water meter on Peppertree Way in Naples.\u00a0 All the comb was cut out and rubber band frame mounted in to a brood box.\u00a0 Remaining bees were beevaced in to the hive box that contained a sugar water feeder frame and then transported to the apiary.
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Click on picture for a larger view. Back in the apiary, the hive box is placed in the apiary with bottom and top boards. The entrance is reduced and the bees are given a chance to settle down in their new home.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Removal 275:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3\/24\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A very large hive was removed from a water meter on 8th Avenu North\u00a0 in Naples.\u00a0 All the comb was cut out and rubber band frame mounted in to a brood box.\u00a0 Remaining bees were beevaced in to the hive box tand then transported to the apiary.
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Placing the new hive in the apiary and letting the bees get reoriented to their new location. Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Removal 276:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/17\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A\u00a0 swarm was removed from a 4th floor apartment balcony in the Marea Apartment complex on Putney Ct, Naples.\u00a0 The bees had settled on a cylindrical light fixture.\u00a0 The light was bagged and carried out and the bees homed in the apiary with a feeder frame with sugar water.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 277:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/21\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A\u00a0 swarm that settled on the front of one of the apiary’s 5 frame nuc box size traps was captured and moved to the west area of the beeyard.\u00a0 The large swarm was placed in a 10 frame brood box containing wax coated foundation frames and one frame of drawn comb along with a sugar water frame feeder.\u00a0 Time will tell if they will decide to stay, but they were given everything this beekeeper knows to do in order to promote a successful hive developing!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 278:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/5\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A\u00a0 very large hive was removed from the roof structure of a shed on 7th Avenue SW.\u00a0 Enough comb was removed to fill 10 frames in a brood box.\u00a0 On the last piece of comb that was removed, the queen was spotted and caged.\u00a0 The beevac was used to help remove the large number of bees. The removed hive was then transported to a BB&G apiary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 279:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/7\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A\u00a0 swarm was removed from a Cedar Tree Lane house and placed in a brood box with a sugar water frame feeder.\u00a0 It was then transported to the NaplesBees apiary west yard to see if it will decide to stay and make a viable hive. If it does OK after a few weeks, it will be moved to an apiary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 280:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/12\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A\u00a0 small hive was removed from a water meter on Tauren Court in Naples.\u00a0 The hive was placed in the NaplesBees west yard with a sugar water frame feeder and a frame of comb.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 281:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/15\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A\u00a0 medium size swarm in a trap on the edge of the NaplesBees apiary was moved to the west yard area and placed in a brood box with foundation frames and a sugar water frame feeder.\u00a0 If it stays and develops, it will eventually be moved in to the main apiary.\u00a0 Explanation:\u00a0 The “west yard” is over 500 feet from the main NaplesBees apiary and serves the function of allowing the developing or small hives\/swarms get established without the danger of robbing by strong hives.\u00a0 This process seems to afford more success in small hive survival, especially when giving sugar water.\u00a0 Sugar water in a hive in the main apiary almost guarantees it will be robbed.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 282:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/17\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 Yet another swarm showed up at the exact same nuc box on a tree next to the apiary that a swarm settled on a few days previously (see Removal 281 above).\u00a0 \u00a0This time they did not stay on the outside of the nuc, but rather moved in to the interior of the box.\u00a0 It was decided to move them to a spot on the main apiary stands and also move them in to a brood size box with a feeder frame.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 283:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/19\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A medium size hive was removed from a water meter on Hammock Isles Drive in Naples.\u00a0 The queen was eventually found under the removal part of the lid when the screws were removed.\u00a0 About four frames of brood were rubber band mounted and placed in a brood box along with a sugar water frame feeder.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 284:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/21\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A medium size hive was removed from a firepit located behind a house on Leawood Circle in Naples.\u00a0 \u00a0The bees had built comb from the plywood that was laid over the top of the firepit.\u00a0 About five frames of brood were rubber band mounted and placed in a brood box.\u00a0 Toward the very end of the removal process of vacuuming up the bees, a gorgeous queen was spotted and caged.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Picture of the removal placed on the stand in the NaplesBees apiary. Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Removal 285:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5\/23\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 A few BB&G folks got together on a Saturday morning to remove a hive in a tree at a house on the Golden Gate Parkway in Naples.\u00a0 The small hive’s comb was cut off a branch and rubberbanded in to frames.\u00a0 The queen was spotted and caged.\u00a0 The hive box was placed on ladders near the original branch location for a few days to allow the bees to settle down.\u00a0 The hive box will eventually be moved to a BB&G’s apiary. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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With the hive’s comb and queen in a brood box, the box is temporarily positioned near the original location. Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Removal 286:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

6\/26\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 Three BB&G beekeepers got together at a house on 108th Avenue North in Naples to remove a hive that had built a nest under an upside down cart in the side yard.\u00a0 When the cart was turned over a large hive was able to be removed and all 10 frames of a brood box were filled with comb.\u00a0 The queen was spotted and caged and the beevac was used to gather all the bees left.\u00a0 \u00a0The hive box was moved to a BB&G’s apiary. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Hive moved to a spot in a BB&G apiary, with a little entrance slow down and sugar water feeder. Click on picture for a larger view.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Removal 287:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

7\/7\/2026<\/strong> \u2013 Three BB&G beekeepers got together again at a house on Mohawk Place in Naples to remove a hive that had built a nest in a water meter near the street.\u00a0 The small hive’s 6 combs of brood were removed and mounted in frames and then the beevac was used to vacuum up the remaining bees.\u00a0 The queen was never spotted, so, hopefully, she was vacuumed up or, if not, the bees will make a new queen.\u00a0 \u00a0The hive box was moved to a BB&G’s apiary. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 288:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

7\/8\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 An unusual birdhouse located at a house on Myrtle Terrace in Naples was removed.\u00a0 The total birdhouse, with bees, was removed from its pole mounting and then placed in a few stacked brood boxes for transport.\u00a0 The tall birdhouse will be disassembled in the apiary and removed comb\/bees\/queen will be placed in a regular brood box.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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The birdhouse was disassembled and the comb removed and mounted in brood box frames. The birdhouse was placed near the hive to allow remaining bees to easily find their new home entrance<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Removal 289:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

7\/14\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 A group of three BB&G beekeepers got together to do a water meter removal at a house on Monaco Terrace in Naples.\u00a0 It was a good size hive with about a half dozen comb pieces able to be removed to frames.\u00a0 The beevac was used to remove most of the bees in the water meter and toward the end, the very fast moving queen was spotted and caged.\u00a0 The hive box was then taken to a BB&G apiary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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7\/23\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 Two traps near the apiary that had been populated for about a month with bees were transferred to apiary stands.\u00a0 Both of the traps each had about 5 frames of comb and lots of brood.\u00a0 I like to wait a while before moving the trap bees to proper boxes in the apiary so they will be developed enough to have a good chance of surviving the move.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Removal 292:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

8\/14\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 A large hive was removed from a concrete block wall located at a house on Villanova Court in Bonita Springs.\u00a0 Sections of the cinder block wall were cut open once a thermal camera showed the exact location and extent of the hive.\u00a0 Slow and steady work removed very long comb built down almost the whole height of the wall.\u00a0 A large amount of honey comb was removed but because of the concrete dust created, that honey is not suitable for anything except feeding back to the bees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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8\/25\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 A water meter hive on Old Mahogany Court was removed. The same water meter contained bees that were removed on 3\/11\/25<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 This time, when the water meter was opened there were a lot of bees but only a few small pieces of very white comb.\u00a0 That indicated that the bees had moved in very recently and hadn’t been there long.\u00a0 All the bees were carefully vacuumed up, but no queen was actually spotted.\u00a0 However indications by the bees behavior suggested that the queen was vacuumed up successfully. A sugar feeder frame was installed in the brood box. UPDATE 8\/27\/2026 — A quick look at frames showed good comb getting built on 3 frames.\u00a0 Eggs were spotted on one of the frame’s cells.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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9\/4\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 A small swarm was removed from a branch at a house on Onyx Drive in Naples.\u00a0 \u00a0The branch was simply trimmed and then cut off and placed in a brood size box along with a sugar water frame feeder. UPDATE 9\/11\/2026 – A quick check of the hive 3 days in showed a amber colored queen moving over recently built white comb.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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9\/11\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 An owl box full of bees was removed from a pine tree at a house on Heritage Way in Naples.\u00a0 \u00a0It was a difficult removal because of the way the box was secured to the tree with screws that were not accessible.\u00a0 Eventually the owl box and all its bees were placed in stacked bee boxes and transported to the apiary.\u00a0 For now, to let the bees settle down, the brood boxes containing the owl box was placed in the apiary. In a few days the owl box was disassembled and the comb removed and mounted on frames.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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9\/15\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 A water meter on Thomas Jefferson Court had only a few bees in it, apparently left over from the hive having swarmed.\u00a0 Old comb pieces were removed and the box cleaned up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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9\/15\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 Bees were removed from a water meter at the Rebel Sports Performance business on Naples Blvd.\u00a0 \u00a0It was a gentille but small hive,\u00a0 A beautiful queen was spotted and caged.\u00a0 About 3 frames of brood comb was removed and mounted in frames.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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9\/30\/2026<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 Two hives were removed from a tree on Dent Drive in Naples.\u00a0 The first hive was medium in size and consisted of of 5 comb piecess.\u00a0 The queen was caged and all the bees were vacuumed up.\u00a0 It took some time because the comb sheets were built with many branches embedded in the combs and removing intact comb involved carefully pruning the branches.
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Removal 271: 1\/10\/2026 \u2013 A small swarm was removed from a tree at a Countryside Drive, Naples, home.\u00a0 The beevac was used to slowly remove the bees as the queen was spotted and caged.\u00a0 The bees were put in the apiary later along with a sugar water frame feeder to help them get started building […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7904","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7904"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8377,"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7904\/revisions\/8377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naplesbees.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}