Swarm Collection
Morecambe | Heysham | Lancaster | Carnforth
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Typical honeybee swarm clustered and hanging from a tree
We Collect Honeybee Swarms for FREE
Call us to report a swarm: 07899951664
Please report swarms to us as soon as you can. Early collection helps ensure bees don't settle where they are not wanted, such as in a chimney or brickwork.
There is no charge and we are usually onsite in 30 minutes around Morecambe, Lancaster, Heysham, Carnforth.
The bees are hived in bee-friendly hives with kind hosts.
Easy as 1 2 3
Call 07899951664 and we confirm they are honeybees, location and our arrival time
We bring equipment, meet you, and safely collect the bee swarm
We remove bees to at least 3 miles away (preventing return) and hive with a host
High on Tree Branches
On Tree Trunks
In Garden Bushes
Weighing Down Plants
Collected Bee Swarms go to our Hosts
Our network of beehive hosts include those with woodland, farmland, pasture, rural, semi-urban and urban gardens.
Our enthusiastic beekeeping hosts keep our free-to-host beehives on their property, many learn about bee life-cycles and health, beekeeping and equipment from watching the beekeeper. Some are also mentored and are more independent.
Our hives are efficiently made to resemble a tree cavity and our nature based beekeeping approach means we work to capture swarms and allow honey bees to reproduce and evolve naturally.
How to Recognise a Honey Bee Swarm
To recognize a honey bee swarm, look for a large, ball-like cluster of bees hanging from a tree branch, a garden shrub or a fixed structure such as a wall, car or industrial equipment.
A swarm emits a low, continuous buzzing sound, and bees are generally calm and docile while scout bees search for a new home. Swarms are how honey bee colonies naturally reproduce.
When a colony of bees is ready to swarm they store honey supplies in their stomachs, and seek a new nest site. The process may take up to several days, First the queen and about half of the bees, up to 15,000 exit their original nest or hive, and they move off in an impressive buzzing swirl. The swarm then collects itself around an object in a cluster and the older, more experienced bees seek out their next home. Once located, the cluster quickly moves off as a swarm again to occupy it.
Heysham
This swarm was reported to us by a childrens' nursery manager in Heysham. We quickly removed the bees.
Bare
Facebook message from Bare family near Greatwood school - the bees had clustered on a shrub in the rear garden
Torrisholme
A Day Centre neighbour messaged to alert us to a bee swarm in a boundary tree that was facing them
Torrisholme
Phone call to us reported of honeybees were noticed in a bush at the edges of a front garden in Torrisholme
Bare
This honey bee swarm settled and collected around the branches and leaves of a bush, the neighbours were fascinated
Lancaster
A neighbour witnessed the arrival of thousands of bees that clustered on a friends#'s low bush on the outskirts of Lancaster city centre
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