Condominium buildings
Where most of the town lives. Colonies settle in balcony soffits, rooftop equipment enclosures and pool-deck planter walls, and the building manager usually hears first. See condo bee removal.
Short answer
Squeezed between ocean and Intracoastal, Hillsboro Beach colonies favor condo soffits, shutter housings and salt-eaten eaves, and every one of them leaves alive for a beekeeper's apiary. Before any cut, a thermal camera reads the stucco, so the opening goes only where the comb sits; the crew then pulls every piece, scrubs the cavity and seals the gap. Our 24-hour response guarantee stretches to the farthest condo on the Mile; the number is (954) 429-5133.
Hillsboro Beach at a glance
- Who lives here
- About 50 single-family homes; nearly everyone else lives in a condominium.
- Where bees get in
- Shutter housings and vents on units left closed all summer.
- Getting a crew there
- Scheduled drawbridge openings, one road, gate lists, front desks and service elevators booked by management.
Hillsboro Beach runs about three miles and is roughly 900 feet across at its widest, pinned between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal. Its one main road is A1A, officially Hillsboro Mile inside town limits. Apart from one hotel there is no commercial property, so bee calls mean homes and condo buildings.
Salt air, empty units and how colonies move in
On a strip this narrow, no wall is far from salt spray. It rusts vent screens, swells fascia and opens stucco cracks, and a scout that finds one claims the dry pocket behind a soffit or inside a stucco wall.
The population roughly doubles in winter, so many units sit shuttered from spring on, just as swarms go house hunting. Colonies move into shutter housings (bees and hurricane shutters) and vents, unseen until a neighbor notices the traffic.
Along Hillsboro Mile: where colonies turn up
Millionaires' Mile estates
The road's nickname comes from the big homes along it. Ocean-facing eaves take the most salt, so split fascia or a rusted vent is the usual way in (soffit and eave work).
Intracoastal side
West of the road, properties back onto the Intracoastal. Where a lot has a dock, boats covered for the season, dock boxes and lift housings offer a dry cavity; see boat and dock removal.
The inlet end
The Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse, lit in 1907 and called the Big Diamond locally, has water on three sides and a private club on the fourth. Buildings near it take salt wind off ocean and inlet alike.
Condo boards, managers and the logistics
Managers usually want our certificate of insurance, a booked service elevator and a spot for the truck. A repair that needs a town permit also needs the association's approval letter or an HOA affidavit.
An exterior-wall colony may be the association's under its documents; one inside a unit may not. The condo and HOA rules guide covers that split, and our photos and itemized invoice support an insurance claim.
Bee traffic at a shutter track or ocean-side vent?
A balcony shot of the vent or shutter track tells us enough to give a price range, so text it to (954) 429-5133 before anyone waits out a drawbridge.
Town rules and what a visit costs
Town construction hours are weekdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., never on major holidays. Stinging emergencies always come first; cutting and patching fit inside that window. The town keeps the beach dark for nesting sea turtles from March through October, so calm ocean-side colonies wait for daylight.
Within arm's reach, a swarm usually costs about $300 to $400. Several floors up or deep in a wall, with repairs on top, a colony can run into the thousands. Evenings and weekends cost more (pricing).
Most-Requested Services in Hillsboro Beach
- Condo & High-Rise Bee Removal
Most residents live in condos, where one colony soon becomes the manager's and board's problem.
- Soffit & Eave Bee Removal
Salt-worn vents and fascia on ocean-facing eaves let scouts into the dry space above.
- Wall Bee Removal
Hairline stucco cracks on older buildings open into wall cavities that colonies fill with comb.
- Bee Swarm Removal
Spring swarms rest on balcony rails, palms and parked cars along Hillsboro Mile before choosing a home.
- Boat & Marina Bee Removal
Intracoastal docks hold covered boats, dock boxes and lifts that sit untouched for months.
- HOA & Commercial Bee Removal
Common areas like pool decks, roofs and seawalls usually fall to the association to schedule and pay for.
On the island and across the water
Hillsboro Beach Bee Removal Questions
I spend summers away. Can you handle bees at my unit while I'm gone?
Yes. Your building manager or a trusted neighbor can let us in, and you get photos by text of the entry before it is opened and after it is sealed. The itemized invoice goes to whoever pays, you or the association.
Bees keep landing on my high balcony. Is there a hive in the building?
Not always. Foragers visit every pool deck and planter nearby, and a passing swarm may rest on a railing for a day or so. A steady stream into one vent, light fixture or shutter track means a nest. Text us a photo.
Town work stops at 6 p.m. What happens if bees go after someone on a Saturday night?
A person under attack outranks the clock. The line is staffed at all hours and a stinging call jumps every other job. That trip is billed at the higher after-hours rate, though, so a calm colony is better booked for a weekday, inside the town's 8-to-6 work window.
Which neighbors across the bridges and the inlet do you also cover?
All of them. Just over the Intracoastal to the west sits Lighthouse Point, which took its name from the inlet light. Head north on this island and you are in Deerfield Beach; cross the inlet southward and Pompano Beach begins. Nothing about our 24-hour response guarantee changes at a town line anywhere in Broward.
Ocean side or Intracoastal side, one crew from comb to paint
Unit owners and building managers get the same free, no-obligation quote at (954) 429-5133.