Bee Removal Questions From Broward Property Owners

A small, constant shuttle at one opening: bees landing on the same crack or vent, pausing, walking inside, while others leave by the same route. A few may stand at the gap facing out. Scattered bees visiting flowers are something else.

Paper wasps and yellowjackets are smooth and shiny and build gray, papery nests. Carpenter bees are the big, solitary ones that drill tidy holes into fascia boards and porch beams. Honey bees are fuzzy, amber-brown and live by the thousands. A photo by text settles it.

That is a swarm resting while scouts look for a new home, and a resting swarm is usually calm. Give it room, leave the hose and spray alone, and call. Caught at this stage it is one of the simplest jobs we do. More on swarms.

No one can. Africanized honey bees look almost exactly like other honey bees and only a lab test confirms them. They are present in South Florida, so a colony that chases people should be treated as dangerous until it is gone.

A clear path to the spot, pets shut inside, a parking place for the truck, and gate codes or building management told we are coming. For a condo, a reserved service elevator saves everyone time.

If the bees are outside, often yes: leave the gate unlocked or share the code, and keep your phone handy. Work inside the house needs an adult at home.

We get on the gate list or arrange entry with the guardhouse, send our certificate of insurance to the manager, and book the elevator and loading area if the building requires it.

The phone is staffed every day of the year and emergencies are dispatched any day. Sending a crew after dark or on a weekend for an emergency costs more than booking a weekday slot.

Yes. After the on-site look and thermal scan you get a firm price that lists the removal and any repair, and nothing is opened until you say yes. See the pricing page.

We can provide photos and an itemized invoice describing the work. Whether a policy pays is between you and your insurer; this guide covers what to ask.

We are licensed and insured. Associations, managers and businesses can request a certificate of insurance, and we send it before work begins.

Tell your landlord or property manager first, since they authorize and usually pay for the work. We are happy to talk to either of you and can schedule the visit around your hours.

Usually, yes. Balconies are often treated as limited common elements, so the board or manager may handle it. Our condo and HOA guide walks through it.

Yes. We can come before opening, after closing or during a quiet stretch so customers never walk past a work zone. See HOA and commercial bee removal.

Old comb and its smell are what draw scouts in, so we take out every piece, scrub the cavity and close the gap behind it. If bees ever move back into that exact opening, our workmanship warranty brings us back.

In a beekeeper's yard set well away from homes, moved there in a vented box with their queen and brood so the colony can keep going.

The comb and honey come out with the colony and the cavity is cleaned. If honey had already soaked into drywall or a ceiling before we arrived, that patch is repaired as part of the quote. What to do about a leak.