My passion in life is to save honey bees, raise awareness of how much we need them and how special they are, and to do whatever I can to help them. Part of my passion is helping with live honey bee removals. I was a volunteer with a honey bee charity for four and a half years (I was actually the first volunteer!), where I assisted with countless removals, raised awareness and donations, secured bee hive sponsorships, did a lot of videography and photography (of the removals), updated their website etc.. I resigned 20 August 2022 and have fortunately since then found an amazing bee keeper and bee removal specialist that I can highly recommend for live bee removals. He has helped me with my bees and is the most amazing mentor. His name is Brian Schafer and he is absolutely wonderful- his number is (9 5 4) 6 1 2 – 3 6 6 2- so if you have wild bees that you need removed, call or text him directly. His fees are extremely reasonable (much more reasonable than anyone else I’m aware of) – and Brian is just incredibly knowledgeable, highly trained, incredibly experienced in all manner of removals, proficient in what he does, and super gentle with the bees. I have leaned SO much and seen new techniques, I am so impressed. He is amazingly skilled in the removals he does from all locations, high and low, and I feel so lucky that I know him and am able to help save the bees through him. I have referred several people to him and they have all come back to me with rave reviews on how Brian removed their bees, safely, gently and alive. He has helped me with my own removals (swarms in trees, swarms in swarm cones etc.) – Brian has a couple of apiaries, and will continue to manage and care for any bees, once they have been removed. He just LOVES bees – and I am so lucky I came to know him. SO IF YOU HAVE WILD HONEY BEES THAT YOU NEED REMOVED SAFELY AND ALIVE – LOOK NO FURTHER – CONTACT BRIAN AT 9 5 4 – 6 1 2 – 3 6 6 2. YOU WON’T FIND ANYONE BETTER, ANYWHERE, TO HELP YOU AND THE BEES. Here are some photos of Brian hard at work.
Below, Brian removes Africanized bees – only really experienced bee removal specialists should attempt this.
Brian removes Africanized bees
Below, Brian doing other removals.
Brian and I put this swarm from my swarm cone into a nuc – the amazing thing is, when doing removals, once you’ve caught the queen and put her in the new hive, once the rest of the bees know where she is (smell her pheromone), they will march into the box to join her. You’ll see them start the march! It’s the most incredible sight to see.
Here’s a video of a bee emerging from her cell (some people call it hatching, some people say emerging, but the correct term is ECLOSE) – the bee isn’t a baby bee, it’s a fully grown adult bee, but I still think of it as a baby bee as it has only just begun its life as an actual bee – in this video of a baby worker bee eclosing, she’s unsteady on her feet, a bit bedraggled and unsure of herself. Watch this video from a removal I assisted with. Watch this baby bee eclosing!
I SELL HONEY TOO! IF YOU WANT TO BUY SOME, LET ME KNOW – email me at weloveourbees@gmail.com and if we have recently harvested honey, I’ll let you know. All the honey is untreated, raw and local, from within 3 – 5 miles of the bees’ hives.