PUT DOWN THE SPRAY!!!

What is a Swarm? What you are seeing is essentially "nature’s moving day." A swarm happens when a healthy colony splits in half to reproduce. The old queen and about 10,000 to 20,000 worker bees leave their original home to find a new one. While they hang on a tree branch or a fence post, they are generally docile—they have no home to defend and are simply waiting for scout bees to find a permanent location.

From Guests to Tenants Here is the problem: honey bees are opportunists. They love dark, hollow cavities that protect them from the elements. To a scout bee, that small gap in your soffit, a missing knot in your siding, or a crack in your brickwork looks like a perfect front door.

Once they move inside, they work fast. A colony can build pounds of wax comb and begin laying eggs within days. If ignored, that "small buzzing sound" can rapidly grow into a full-scale colony with 50,000+ bees and 100 pounds of honey inside your walls—all without paying a dime in rent.

Your first instinct might be to grab a can of wasp spray. Please don't.

Beyond the environmental impact of killing pollinators, spraying a colony inside a wall creates a structural nightmare for you.

1. The Trap: Spray kills the bees, but it does not remove them. You will be left with thousands of dead rotting insects and uncared-for larvae inside your wall.
2. The Damage: Without bees to circulate air, the honey combs will melt and ferment, often bleeding through drywall and destroying insulation.
3. The Pests: The smell of fermenting honey and decay will attract mice, roaches, and carpet beetles to your home.

Alive, they are a solvable problem. Dead, they are a renovation disaster.

The Swarm Removal (Outdoors)

• What it is: A ball of bees hanging on a tree branch, bush, or fence.
• Cost: FREE.
• We capture these bees and give them a safe, managed home at Pineshadow Apiary.

The Cutout & Relocation (Indoors/Structural)

• What it is: Bees that have already moved inside a wall, roofline, shed floor, or column.
• Cost: Variable Service Fee.
• This requires light construction work (opening the structure), specialized removal of the comb and bees, and cleanup. We charge for the labor and expertise required to perform this "surgical" extraction safely.

Currently serving Worcester and Wicomico counties