Bee Rescue

Honey bees are an important part of the environment.
One-third of our food depends on honey bees for pollination.
Wildlife and ecosystems, as well as neighborhood gardens, also depend on honey bees.
In addition to pollinating our food crops, they produce healthful honey and beeswax which is used
in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and, of course, candles.
In recent years domestic honey bee populations have been on the decline due to stress from mites, hive beetles,
pesticides and a new malady called Colony Collapse Disorder.

SAVE THE BEES!

Bad Bees?? > swarming bees

< Bad Bees??
Not necessarily. They might be Africanized but are still beneficial to the environment.
We relocate feral bees and place them in a hive with a queen excluder. Drones can't get out to mate. Queens are
replaced with a gentle European Queen. In six weeks all the Africanized bees have been replaced
with her gentler European offspring.

Call (941) 474-5491

Member
Florida State Beekeepers Association • Residential • Commercial
• Licensed and Insured.
• Registered • Certified
• Killer Bee Specialist

Certified Bee Removal Specialist

Serving Southwest Florida
Live honey bee removal and relocation

• We remove the nest
We don't leave a toxic pesticide mess
• Humane • Environmentally responsible

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To view pictures of bee infestations,
what we do and how, click on the links in the menu at top.

Africanized ("Killer Bees") are established in Florida.
Fall of 2006 - 85% of samples from Southwest Florida tested as Africanized

If you find a colony of bees-
• Avoid the area
• Keep children and pets away!
• Call a bee removal specialist!

Don't let this happen to you!
Lady stung on the face over 150 times

Photo source: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/tags/bees/
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IF YOU ARE ATTACKED

Run away. Africanized honey bees will continue to attack as long as they perceive a threat in the area.

Cover your face. Use clothes to protect your eyes and mouth. Africanized honey bees target these areas.

Seek shelter, such as a car, house or other building.

Do not jump into water. Africanized honey bees will wait for you to surface.

WARNING!

DON'T BE STUNG BY OPERATORS
WHO ONLY WANT TO TAKE YOUR CHECK!

Be sure to see "The Ugly Consequences of Pesticide Bee Control," click here.

LATEST NEWS STORY
Man died after being stung about 300 times...It was in a space under the family's mobile home and was not visible... the family had been noticing bees flying around, but was not concerned. "They weren't bothering anyone... If you stood and watched them, it was like standing in a garden where bees just come and go, minding their own business...

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Written in 2000 when I was just starting out in bee removal.

Swarm of Bees on the Sheriff's boat.
"...Employees called a local exterminator, but they found out later the attempt to kill them worked only for a small number of the bees...That's when Walters called Bob van der Herchen, a bee-buster and owner of Bee Removal and Rescue...Van der Herchen's method of removal is all-natural; no pesticides are used..."

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Africanized bees in Venice kill woman's dog
We were called out after the bee attack.

Africanized (Killer Bees) are re-queened with a gentle european bred queen to eliminate aggressiveness.