Swarm Retrieval

Honey bees will swarm in May and June searching for a new home. If you come across a swarm or nest of honeybees, please file a swarm report to connect with a beekeeper in your area.

Honeybee

Honeybee Swarm

We collect and remove only honey bees. If your nest looks like those below, they are yellow jackets and wasps and it is the responsibility of the homeowner to have them removed. We do NOT remove wasps/hornets/yellow jackets.

Paperwasp Nest

Yellow Jacket

Bald Faced Hornet

If you have found a honey bee swarm in your yard, please file a swarm report by clicking the button below. One of our members in your area will respond to help with the removal of the bees.

Some honey bee swarm removals are free, but some removals are more involved and there may be a charge for their removal. This discussion is between you and the beekeeper/removal expert. The Barnstable County Beekeepers Association is not a party to your actions or agreements.

Are you a beekeeper interested in getting swarm reports?
Go to the beeswarmed.org website and register as a beekeeper in the Barnstable County Beekeepers Association group. You can choose to be contacted via text and/or email and the areas you are interested in getting reports for. Once your registration is approved, swarm reports will be routed to you from the area you choose to cover.

Please note requests to join our swarm list will only be honored for current BCBA members! See our membership page to join or renew membership.

Did You Know?
Bees do not hibernate. In autumn, the female workers throw the drones (males) out of the hive to avoid feeding them through winter. The remaining colony clusters around the queen and will take short flights whenever the outside temperature is above 50 F.

Swarm Retrieval

Did You Know? Bees do not hibernate. In autumn, the female workers throw the drones (males) out of the hive to avoid feeding them through winter. The remaining colony clusters around the queen and will take short flights whenever the outside temperature is above 50 F.

Did You Know?
Bees do not hibernate. In autumn, the female workers throw the drones (males) out of the hive to avoid feeding them through winter. The remaining colony clusters around the queen and will take short flights whenever the outside temperature is above 50 F.