A colony living inside a wall anywhere in Broward County leaves alive, and the same company puts that wall back together. Following the flight line finds the entry; a thermal camera then outlines the comb, so the cut goes on whichever face, stucco or drywall, needs the smaller repair. Bees and brood travel to a beekeeper, every piece of comb is pulled by hand, and our contractors and painters seal, patch and finish the surface.
Clues the Colony Is Living Inside the Wall
- Bees streaming into one gap: a stucco crack, a hose bib, or the AC line hole.
- Bees turning up indoors near an outlet or switch plate on an outside wall.
- A low hum behind the drywall at night, or one patch of wall that feels warm.
- Traffic lasting more than a few days. A resting swarm moves on; a colony stays put.
How Bees End Up Inside Broward Walls
Plenty of Broward houses are CBS: concrete block under stucco. Block cores without rebar and concrete stay hollow and stack course over course, so one colony can fill several. Interior partitions and additions are often stud-framed, a ready cavity between sheets of drywall.
Bees rarely make their own hole. They slip in beside a hose bib, a dryer duct, a cable line, or an AC line set whose foam has split, then travel along pipe and wire runs. The entrance can sit feet from the comb, and bees sometimes surface at a bedroom outlet.
Opening From Inside or From Outside
Drywall opens and closes quickly, but cabinets, a tile backsplash or a finished bathroom may sit on that face. Working from the stucco side keeps the mess outdoors; if comb fills the block cores, part of the block face comes out and our contractors rebuild it before new stucco goes on.
In a condo or townhouse the outside walls often belong to the association, which may decide for you. Before you phone the management office, our condo bee removal page and the condo and HOA rules guide are worth a read.
Bees filing into a crack in your stucco?
Photograph that gap, mention which room backs onto it, and we will reply with a price range.
Why the Comb Cannot Stay in the Wall
Spraying or caulking the entrance leaves comb, honey and dead brood inside a wall that runs hot much of the year. Honey ferments and seeps through paint (see when honey leaks through a ceiling), and the smell draws roaches, ants and the next swarm. That is why every live bee removal from a wall includes full honeycomb cleanup. The sealed seam is part of our warrantied workmanship, so if honey bees ever reopen that exact spot, the crew returns.
What's Included and What Changes the Price
Part of every job
- Flight-path check and thermal scan before any cutting
- An opening planned and sized to the comb we mapped
- Live colony, brood included, boxed up for a beekeeper's apiary
- Every last comb hand-pulled, then the cavity cleaned and its entry sealed
- Stucco or drywall rebuilt, textured and painted by our crew
What moves the price
- Colony age: a handful of new combs, or block cores packed solid after months
- A ground-floor wall versus a second story needing tall ladders or staging
- Cut block and new stucco take more work than a drywall patch
- Whether that room can stay shut until a weekday, or the wall needs an emergency crew at night or on a weekend, which costs more
A fresh swarm clustered at a low gap, reachable without cutting, can fall in our $300 to $400 ground-level range. Opening, emptying, rebuilding and painting a wall is complex, and the bill for that can reach into the thousands. Before a truck rolls, a picture of the gap sent by a text message to (954) 429-5133 lets us quote a range; how we price explains the rest.
Compare job types on the pricing page.
What Happens on a Wall Job
- Trace and photograph the entryWe watch which way the bees fly, check the wall for a second or third gap, and photograph everything untouched for any insurance claim.
- Scan and mark the combThermal images from both faces show the warm brood nest, and tape marks its outline. A west wall baked by afternoon sun reads hot everywhere, so on hot days we scan early or from inside.
- Open the wall, move the colonyWe cut only as far as the comb runs. The live colony, brood comb included, is boxed for a beekeeper, while honey-filled comb is bagged and hauled away.
- Clean, seal and rebuildThe cavity is scraped out, the entry sealed, and our contractors and painters close the wall, match the texture and finish the color.
Wall Jobs Around the County
- Plantation
Building in Plantation started in 1947 with houses on acre lots. Many older homes there have since gained rooms, new plumbing and cable lines, and every addition leaves a seam a scout bee can test.
- Hollywood
Hollywood was platted in 1921, and houses on its oldest streets have been through many rounds of plumbing and wiring updates, each one another hole through the stucco.
- Coral Springs
Coral Springs strictly enforces exterior paint color rules, so on its 1970s to 90s homes we match the existing approved color rather than getting close.
Questions About Wall Bee Removal
Bees are crawling out of a wall outlet indoors. What should I do?
Keep that door shut, with kids and pets on the other side of it. Run painter's tape around the cover plate edges, and never spray anything into an electrical box. Then call (954) 429-5133; the thermal scan will show which way the comb runs from that outlet.
Do you always have to cut into the wall?
For an established colony, yes, because the comb is attached inside the cavity and comes out by hand. A swarm that moved in only a day or two ago has built little, and sometimes we can take it through a far smaller opening.
Will the patch show on my stucco?
Stucco may be troweled smooth, floated to a sand finish, hand-textured or sprayed, and our crew copies yours. New paint can look brighter than a faded wall, so we may suggest repainting it corner to corner.
Will insurance pay to open and repair the wall?
Your carrier and the wording of your policy decide that, not us. What we can hand you is a photo record from before, during and after the cut, plus an itemized invoice billing removal and wall repair as separate lines. For what adjusters tend to ask, read bee damage and your policy.
Bees out, wall rebuilt, paint matched.
Which wall, which floor, where they slip in: give us those at (954) 429-5133, answered 24/7, for a free quote.