Venetian Isles
One of three original subdivisions, laced with canals and private docks. Early homes share blocks with large custom rebuilds, and open block cores on a house under construction can take in a spring swarm.
Short answer
On a Lighthouse Point canal lot, honey bees may be living in a boat console, a dock box or the eaves of the house, and each colony leaves alive for a beekeeper's yard. The comb is pinpointed with a thermal camera, cut out down to the last piece, and the gap is closed by our own licensed contractors. Call (954) 429-5133 from the dock on a Sunday afternoon or from the house at 3 a.m. and a person picks up; the visit falls under our 24-hour response guarantee.
Lighthouse Point at a glance
- Built around boats
- Canals dredged in the 1950s and 1960s mean many lots end at a seawall, a dock and a boat on a lift.
- Two eras per block
- Smaller original homes beside much larger rebuilds, many of them two stories, on lots where older houses came down.
- Reaching the job
- Streets off Lighthouse Drive carry light local traffic. For a dock or boat colony, have the owner there to open gates and hatches.
Named for the Hillsboro Inlet lighthouse across the Intracoastal in Hillsboro Beach, the city incorporated as a town in 1956.
Nearly every canal edge is bulkheaded and many backyards end at a dock, so colonies turn up on docks and boats as well as in houses (boat and marina bee removal).
Boats, lifts and dock boxes
A boat resting on a lift between trips is dry, still and often covered, which suits a scout bee. Colonies settle in console voids, T-top electronics boxes, dock and fish boxes, and behind access plates on lift gear.
The thermal camera maps the comb before a hatch comes off, and every panel goes back on. Leftover wax draws the next swarm, so it all comes out (comb cleanup).
Where colonies settle across Lighthouse Point
Lake Placid and Tillotson Square
The 17-acre lake in the southeast corner links the south end to the Intracoastal; Cap's Place, a 1920s restaurant reached by boat shuttle, sits on its shore. Tillotson Square townhouses share walls, so one colony can involve two owners (attached-home removal).
The Intracoastal shoreline
A few east-central Intracoastal lots kept sandy or planted shorelines, and De Groff Park in the northeast corner was replanted with natives. Big waterfront trees catch passing swarms; hollow trunks become nests (tree removal).
Federal Highway corridor
The western edge is the business side: shopping centers at Sample Road and NE 24th Street, dealerships, offices and apartments. Sign cabinets, roof parapets and dumpster enclosures draw colonies (commercial removal).
Teardowns and rebuilds
With almost no vacant land, new houses go up where old ones come down. If an older house slated for demolition holds bees, have the builder call first: a live removal saves the colony instead of scattering it.
New two-story homes put nests higher, in upper soffits and roof edges, where height and repair raise the price (roof work, soffit work).
Bees on the boat or under the dock?
Show us where they go in, a console hatch or a gap under the dock boards, and a price range comes back.
Pools, wash-downs and cost
By the city's own planning count, most single-family homes have a pool, and docks add a dripping rinse hose. The bees drinking there may live several lots away (bees at the pool).
Bees clustered on a dock piling are within reach from the boards, so that kind of job typically lands around $300 to $400. Night and weekend callouts cost more, and so does height: comb in a second-story wall, under the roof or deep inside a boat can climb into the thousands. Snap the piling, hatch or eave and send the picture by text for a free quote; how pricing works explains the rest.
Most-Requested Services in Lighthouse Point
- Boat & Marina Bee Removal
Boats on lifts behind canal homes offer dry, sheltered voids in consoles, covers and fish boxes.
- Live Bee Removal
Original homes facing demolition can hold colonies worth saving before the wrecking crew arrives.
- Soffit & Eave Bee Removal
Worn eaves on original homes and high soffits on new two-story builds both let bees in.
- Pool Cage & Pool Equipment Bee Removal
Most single-family lots have a pool, and the equipment pad beside it is a common nest spot.
- HOA & Commercial Bee Removal
Federal Highway shopping centers, dealerships and apartments need insured, scheduled work.
- Condo & High-Rise Bee Removal
Tillotson Square townhouses and duplexes share walls, so one colony can affect two households.
Other waterfront areas
- Bee removal in Pompano Beach
- Bee removal in Hillsboro Beach
- Bee removal in Deerfield Beach
- Fort Lauderdale waterfront homes
Lighthouse Point Bee Removal Questions
Bees moved into my boat's console on the lift. Can you remove them?
Usually, yes. Leave the boat where it sits on the lift and keep the hatches shut. Working from the thermal image, we go in through the hatches and access panels the builder already put there, and open nothing else unless the comb runs past them. More on boat and marina jobs.
The older house next door is coming down and has bees in it. Who calls?
Anyone can, but the owner or builder must let us on the lot. A visit before demolition saves the colony; a crushed nest sends defensive bees toward the houses beside it. Text the address, demolition date and a photo to (954) 429-5133.
Can you work at my slip in a private marina?
Yes, with the marina's permission. If management wants a certificate of insurance before an outside crew steps onto its docks, tell us who should receive it and we send the COI ahead of the visit. Let the dockmaster know when we are coming.
Bees drink at my pool and the dock hose all afternoon. Is that a stinging risk?
Water carriers at a pool lip or a dripping rinse hose are busy hauling water home and seldom sting unless someone grabs or steps on one. A nest that pours out at people walking the seawall is another matter. A hot-tempered Africanized colony, a known presence in South Florida, looks no different from a calm one at a glance. Dial 911 first if someone has been stung many times or their lips or throat begin to swell, then phone us at (954) 429-5133.
Bees off the boat and out of the eaves
Tell us at (954) 429-5133, by call or text, which hatch, piling or eave they use. You pay nothing for the quote and owe nothing after it.