Beekeeper-Owned Bee Removal: Why It’s Different for Your Home
When you call about honeybees, it’s worth asking who actually ends up with the bees. With beekeeper owned bee removal, the answer is simple: the same people. A spray company has to hand honeybees off to someone else. Here, the beekeeper is the company. That changes how the job is planned, how the comb is handled and where your bees end up.
What Beekeeper Owned Bee Removal Means for You
One team from start to finish
There’s no handoff between a pest company and a beekeeper. You send a photo, we talk it through, and the people who come out are the ones who will care for the colony afterward.
The comb comes out too
UF/IFAS Extension stresses that complete comb removal is essential when bees are removed from a structure, and that removers may need to cut into walls (UF/IFAS Extension IN771). For bees in structures, we use a thermal camera to find where the warm comb sits, then make a careful wall cutout and move the colony comb and all. Leftover wax is cleaned off so new swarms aren’t drawn back. See honeybees in walls.
The bees have somewhere to go
Rescued colonies go to our sister company, The Mindful Beekeeper, through an inspection station and then to Apiary #1 in Loudon Township. Apiary #2 in Van Buren and Apiary #3 in Bryan start in 2027.
Safety training for real job sites
Bee jobs happen on ladders, in attics and around wiring. Our team holds OSHA 30-Hour and NFPA 70E credentials.
Experience with hard spots
Jobs we’ve documented through The Mindful Beekeeper include a July 2025 Fostoria grain bin with seven layers of comb and more than 20,000 bees relocated alive (grain bin job), a 20-by-20-inch comb cut out of a siding gap in Wayne (Wayne job), and a September 2025 church in Rudolph where a thermal camera located the colony (Rudolph job).
Questions to Ask Any Bee Removal Company
UF/IFAS Extension warns that some pest control operators don’t remove the comb, or don’t tell the customer why comb removal matters, even when they’re hired to remove the whole nest. Its guidance says removers should discuss the procedure before starting, especially for colonies inside a wall, take away all bees and comb, and talk with the customer about bee-proofing afterward. Those are fair questions to ask anyone, us included.
How It Compares
We’ve written about our philosophy on beekeeper vs. exterminator and why beekeepers never exterminate honeybees. This post is the customer side: fewer handoffs, comb removal built into the plan, and a known destination for the bees.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are you located?
We work from our Main Office in Loudon Township and our Bryan, OH Office.
Do you remove swarms?
Yes. Exposed swarm removal is free through The Mindful Beekeeper. See honeybee swarms.
What about bumblebees?
Bumblebees are relocated too. See humane bumblebee relocation.
How do I get ready?
See preparing for bee removal.
Talk to a Beekeeper
Honeybees are always relocated, never exterminated. Rescued colonies go to The Mindful Beekeeper, pass through an inspection station, and then join Apiary #1 in Loudon Township. Honeybee relocation from walls and other structures is being scheduled for Spring 2027. Call or text 419-614-6445 or use our contact page to tell us what you are seeing, and read about humane honeybee removal and relocation.
