Bee Photos
These are photos of hives that have been killed in the past and the mess they leave.... Pest control companies want this to happen so you get more bees.
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A live bee removal done by hand in Irvine CA. This galley shows the viewpoint of a customer during the bee rescue and relocation. A bee hive must be removed and relocated by hand to ensure the bees are saved and no bees return in the future.
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Here are some of the hives we rescued, and real bee boxes we place them in.
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We are lucky enough to do a couple of these each year. They are tricky and take about 4 months to complete. These bees have been inside the tree trunk for at least 6 months. We are filtering them out of the trunk and into a bee box.
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It is important to remove a bee hive correctly the first time. This bee hive had been tormented by a tenant multiple times with big bombs before we were hired to remove it. We safely removed and relocated the honeybees. Removed the honeycomb and prepared the roof for a roofing crew to come out and replace it.
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This honeybee hive was inside a stucco wall in Costa Mesa CA. We removed and relocated the honeybees by hand without the use of vacuums or pesticides. The bees and the honey were donated to a local beekeeper.
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A large bee hive removal from inside a man hole in Irvine CA. The bee hive was inside the man hole for over a year and an exterminator killed at least one hive inside in the past. The honeybees were removed by hand and then donated to a local beekeeper.
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A large honeybee hive removed by hand from a roof in Temecula Valley CA. The honeybees were removed and relocated to a local beekeepers farm. The honeycomb was removed, cavity cleaned and treated, and then put back together.
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A large bee hive inside a block wall channel. The black wall was cut to access the honeybee hive. The bees and honey were removed by hand and donated to a local bee keeper.
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This bee hive was inside the roof for 3 months. The total weight of the hive was 30 pounds and had 25,000 bees. The hive was removed and relocated to a local beekeeper.
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A live bee removal, relocation and repair from a roof in Long Beach CA. The bee hive was inside the roof for eight months and a second part of the hive was attached to the underside of the eave (previously removed). The bee hive was taken without pesticides or vacuums and donated to a local bee keeper.
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A live bee removal from inside a valve meter box in Placentia CA. The live bee hive was removed by hand without the use of vacuums or pesticides. The hive was six months old, forty pounds and forty thousand bees.
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A live bee hive removed and relocated from a wall in Laguna Hills CA. The live bee hive was removed by hand without the use of pesticides or vacuums. The bee hive was removed, cavity cleaned, entrances sealed and wall put back together correctly.
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This beehive was inside a stucco wall for a long time, was about six feet long and eighty pounds. These bees where very nice and guided themselves into the box.
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This bee hive was located inside the shed floor. Unfortunately these bees had abandoned the hoenycomb. Crazy considering the size of the hive. Colony Collapse Disorder? Probably...
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This beehive was about six months old. Very nice bees and beautiful honeycomb. This was the fifth beehive in this location. The prior hives had been exterminated.
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This beehive was located inside the wall between the drywall and the chimney. This location is very common and we can do the live removal from inside the home. The honeycomb and bees were removed by hand without vacuums or pesticides, the cavity cleaned, openings sealed and wall put back together correctly.
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Bee Removal from a Shed In Orange CA. This bee hive was a year old, one hundred pounds, eighty thousand bees and very nice. The bee removal was done by hand without the use of vacuums or pesticides, cavity cleaned and shed floor put back together correctly.
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This bee hive was inside the stucco wall for over a year. The bee hive was six feet tall, one hundred pounds and sixty thousand bees. The honeybees were removed by hand, without the use of vacuums or pesticides, cavity cleaned, and stucco wall put back together correctly.
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These hives had been killed by a pest control company and continued to attract more bees to the home. The old bee hives were removed by hand, cavity cleaned, bee prevention completed, wall put back together correctly and roof put back together correctly.
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This is a bee swarm removal and a dead bee hive removal. The bee swarm was the fifth bee hive this location has had in two years. The honey was left inside after it was exterminated and the bees continued to be attracted to it. The dead bee hive was removed, cavity cleaned and wall put back together correctly.
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This bee hive was between the exterior brick chimney and the interior brick fireplace mantel. We removed the brick, removed the bee hive alive, cleaned the area, treated for the residual smells and put the fireplace mantel back together.
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This bee hive was the second in this location. The builder of the home killed and removed the original bee hive and left honeycomb inside. Honey will always attract more bees. The new bee hive was removed alive, by hand, no vacuums or pesticides, and the stucco wall was put back together correctly.
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A live bee removal from inside a column in Irvine CA. The live bee hive was removed by hand, alive, without the use of vacuums or pesticides. Each sheet of honeycomb was removed by hand, cavity cleaned, treated for residual smells and put it all back together correctly.
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A Live Bee Removal Done By Hand In Cypress CA from an exterior wall. This bee hive was two months old, twenty pounds and twenty thousand bees. The bee rescue was done by hand, cavity cleaned, area treated and put back together correcly.
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6am Live removal from inside a storage area... beautiful bees!, bee removal Irvine Ca, bee removal, bee rescue, bee removal orange county ca
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The most common location for wild bee hives... Up high, away from prediters and small entry / exits they can guard... perfect for wild hives in our urban jungles
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This is an old home with slats as an exterior finish. The contractor remodeling this house wanted us to safely remove the bees and he wanted to put it back together... Beautiful hive and another customer happy!
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We can determine the age of a hive by the discoloration around the entrance. The older the hive, the darker the area around the entrance.
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It only takes 2 days to start producing honey...
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A swarm will usually stay for 2-3 days and then leave... but if it doesn't we will save them and relocate them for less then anyone in the business (and we actually save them!)
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