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How do I get rid of bees without killing them?

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Steve Downs is a Live Honey Bee Removal Specialist, Honey bee Preservationist, and the Owner of Beecasso Live Bee Removal Inc, a licensed bee removal and relocation business based in the Los Angeles, California metro area. Steve has over 20 years of humane bee capturing and bee removal experience for both commercial and residential locations. Working with beekeepers, agriculturalists, and bee hobbyists, Steve sets up bee hives throughout the Los Angeles area and promotes the survival of bees. He has a passion for honeybee preservation and has created his own Beecasso sanctuary where rescued bee hives are relocated and preserved.

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Call a beekeeper. When you call, the beekeeper will ask you questions about the location of the hive, how long they've been at that location, and when you first noticed them. That way, they'll know what to expect, so they'll be able to formulate their approach for bee removal based on whether it's a new swarm or an established hive.

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We walked into our holiday home after five months, and we had hundreds of dead bees on the floors and every windowsill. We do have a hive but it's not accessible.

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It sounds like the bees were not able to exit the house. Block any open spaces so that that does not ever happen again.

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The house where the bees are entering is a beach house where no one lives most of the time. What can we do?

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You can hire a beekeeper to get rid of the hive, or you can make sure there are no entry points.

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Why do you keep AHB nests on your property if they are supposed to be destroyed? At one point it says AHB have smaller nests but then it says they have larger numbers of bees?

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Those bees are good pollinators. Yes, there can be A LOT of bees in a small nest.

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