by swarmcatcher | Jul 9, 2017 | Bees in chimney
Was looking forward to carrying out this honey bee removal, I hadn’t seen any of the photos of where the bees were on the property but had been told by everyone in the office that it was going to be a nice easy job as there was scaffolding in place and that if... 
by swarmcatcher | May 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Should honey bees be poisoned by pest controllers and others? Probably not. In October 2016 Pest Management alliance published an updated code of practice (version 3) on the management of bees emphasising that because of their beneficial role every effort should be... 
by swarmcatcher | May 2, 2017 | Bees in roof
Here we carried out a ‘honey bee nest removal from roof’ of a converted barn near Bruton in Somerset. These honey bees had been in the roof for 3 years or more. This was one for the books, we learnt a lot on this job including the limitations of one of our... 
by swarmcatcher | Apr 10, 2017 | Bees in chimney
Live honey bee removal from chimney in Dorset We carried out this honey bee removal from chimney near Poole, Dorset in early March. What a great time of year to be doing a honey bee removal. The bees have seen the majority of the winter thru, all honey has been... 
by swarmcatcher | Mar 10, 2017 | Bees in roof
Removal of honey bees in a flat roof This was one of our early jobs – sadly I can’t find many photos for this honey bee cutout from a flat roof void, in fact we don’t seem to have that many photos showing examples of honey bees in a flat roof, which... 
by swarmcatcher | Mar 10, 2017 | Bees in chimney
Removal of honey bees from chimney with gas flue This is a great example of a honey bee gas flue removal. The householders only realised that they had this honey bee colony in the chimney when the honey bees started to find there way down the chimney flue to the... 