BEE SWARM REMOVAL
Melbourne Bee Swarm Removal and Relocation
Safe, efficient, bee swarm removal
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Backyard Honey's expert beekeepers provide safe, efficient bee swarm removal services across Bayside, Stonnington, Boroondara, Port Phillip & wider Melbourne areas. Our swarm removal service involves relocating bee swarms to more suitable locations.
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The most important advice we can provide you is that no beehive or swarm is looking to attack you. It is important to stay calm and contact us.
Bees only become aggressive when provoked. The best course of action is to leave them alone until the swarm is relocated.
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For further assistance we advise you to contact us immediately. Phone 0451 411 621
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What is a bee swarm?
A bee swarm occurs when a queen and half the colony (approximately 20,000 bees) decide to leave their current hive to set up a new hive. When the bees leave the hive, they only fly a short distance, normally less than 1km. Swarming bees stop to rest when the Queen Bee stops.
When this happens, the bees form a protective ball around their Queen, normally about the size of a football. The swarming bees (the swarm) often settle on a tree branch 1 or 2 metres above the ground. The bees wait there until a few scout bees find a suitable long-term nesting site. Bee swarms usually occur in Spring and Summer.
Bee Nest Removal
Choose Safe Bee Nest Relocation
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Backyard Honey provide specialist bee nest advice and relocation services. In many cases bee nests can be safely relocated into a hive and placed in a suitable location.
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Permanent relocation of bee nests is preferable to poisoning bee nests. Poisoning is not recommended.
Poisoning is only effective for the life of the poison or until other bees, attracted by the remaining wax and honey, decide to move in to the space. Bees robbing honey from a recently poisoned nest can also unnecessarily spread the poison to other well managed local beehives
What is a bee nest?
​A bee nest is a colony of bees that have established themselves in a wall cavity, a possum box, a compost bin or hollow tree
Bee nests should not be ignored.
An established bee nest is very unlikely to move on of it’s own accord. Unmanaged nests will spread disease and do give rise to swarms.
Bees in a hollow tree indicates about a 20 litre cavity inside the tree. The tree is likely to be structurally unsound / unsafe. It is not possible to remove bees from a hollow tree without cutting open the hollow.
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Contact us to enquire about our bee nest relocation services.