New York Beekeepers
New York Swarm Removal

Scroll down for a list of New York beekeepers who remove swarms and established bee colonies. Not all people will offer the same types of services, be prepared to pay for their work, these are specialized procedures requiring a great deal of skill and experience.

To find a beekeeping group or club in New York, go to the Bee Clubs and Associations Page and select New York from the map, or see the New York Bee Club and Association Page.

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Try to give the beekeeper as much information as you can about the location of the swarm, height above the ground, length of time they have been there and whether there are any special circumstances you think might be relevant.

People are often concerned that bee swarms they see may be Africanized bees, the so called killer bees. When bees swarm it's very difficult to tell their origin, even Africanized bees are usually docile when they are swarming, be cautious and call an expert.

Many people believe that local honey is beneficial for allergies. While I'm not sure there is any clinical proof of this, I can see there might some sort of homeopathic effect.

Finding true local honey, which incidentally is delicious, can sometimes be difficult but contacting people on this list might be a good place to start if you're looking for pure New York honey. Although New York bees are basically the same as bees in any other states, the honey they make will be determined by the local plants. The flavor of the honey is usually a combination of nectar from many different plants.

Please tell the beekeeper when you call, that you found them on the Bees-on-the-Net Swarm List.

To be added to the swarm removal page for your state please go here and complete the form.

Swarm Removal List

There really are beekeepers in New York City, click here to take a look.

Chris Harp
Email: Honeybeelives@yahoo.com
HoneybeeLives
New Paltz NY 12561-2714
Phone: 845-255-6113 - Home
Phone: 914-299-9103 - Cell
Honeybee Removal from almost any location/situation. Free Estimate Swarm removal at no charge. All removals are housed and taken care of so the bees continue to live and prosper. We do not remove wasp and hornets and may charge a fee if called and drive a great distance to find they are not Honeybees.
Photos e-mailed to Honeybeelives@yahoo.com helpful.
Natural Beekeeping Classes all year - HoneybeeLives.org Work all of Ulster & Dutchess Counties and parts of Orange, Columbia, Green Counties

Honeybee Helper at Stone Ridge Apiaries
Email: Honeybeehelper@gmail.com
NYC, Walton, Albany capital district - 11373/13856/12871
Cell: 347-623-4660 Text, email, call
Contact: Larry Stone
Our objective is to safely remove and rescue honeybees from your property, and then re-home them to one of our bee yards where they can thrive undisturbed.  If you are contacting us to remove an exterior swarm, there is never a charge.  If an extraction/removal is necessary, from inside a living space or other structure, we will give you an estimate of the cost, also at no charge. We will be happy to work with a contractor of your choosing to gain access to the bee colony.

Our three locations allow us to service Nassau County, NYC's boroughs, Westchester, Rockland, Sullivan, Delaware, and Otsego Counties, the Albany Capital district and environs. We will also consider farther locations depending upon the time of your call. If we cannot get to you, because of our affiliations with other apiarists, we will get someone who can. Please be sure you actually have honeybees and not wasps or bumblebees before getting in touch. We’ll be happy to help you in the identification of your insect. Because our “smart phones” are always ready to receive texts and emails, we’ll be sure to get back to you in short order. Feel free to text or email us photos too. Although our beloved honeybees have been in trouble in recent years, they are making a comeback.  We’re here to help.   Visit us on Facebook: Stone Ridge Apiaries.

The New York City Beekeepers Association
Email: info@nyc-bees.org
New York NY 10002 The New York City Beekeepers Association works in the five boroughs of New York City, and as far as fifty miles in any direction from NYC, to remove swarms, honeybees in walls and structures, and in short, does any work at all involving honeybees. We do not work with wasps or other types of bees.

Our team has decades of experience and all of the tools (ladders, saws, heat seeking guns, laparoscopic cameras, low-suction vacuums, etc) to effect safe, speedy removal of honeybees from your home or business. If the bees are hanging from a tree, embedded in a floor, wall, gutter, or ceiling; if they are thirty feet off the ground in a tree or under the garage roof, we know how to safely remove them from your premesis. We will never harm the honeybees but will relocate them to a spot more suitable to their well being.

We love honeybees, we know what we are doing, and our fees range from free to up up and away – it just depends on what and where and when, and we will fully disclose all fees prior to starting any job. Please e-mail us rather than call- we check the e-mail at least every fifteen minutes, especially during swarm season. Please provide a phone number and we will call you. Keep in mind that while there are many people listed here, very few have the experience and equipment to do these jobs in a manner that is safe for the bees and the people and the integrity of the property. We are in the minority in this respect.

The founding members of the New York City Beekeepers Association are third and fourth generation beekeepers. Unlike all others who post here, this is all that we do – we have no other job. We look forward to helping you with all of your beekeeping needs. We can also help with local honey, talks and presentation about honeybees, beekeeping equipment, etc. If you wish, you may also email us photos.

Paul Harrison
Email: poppapablo@hotmail.com
T H Hives
Mountvernon New York 10552
Phone1: 914-393-2022
Phone2: 914-664-3533
Westchester County, will remove honey bee swarms and hives, all wax comb if not too difficult.

Sal Santaniello
Email: info@beebrothers.org
Greenwich NY 12834
Phone: 518-860-9425
Website: http://www.EverythingHoneyBee.com
NY Capital District and Surrounding counties. There is a charge for our service, fees cover the cost of a new home for the colony, any medications and travel expenses. LIVE REMOVALS ONLY, Honey Bee Swarms Removed, Colonies Removed from Buildings, Trees, Shrubs, Inside walls and roofs. All colonies are given a new loving home to thrive and prosper!

Joe Handy
Email: joehandy@cnybeeremoval.com
Schuyler NY 13340
Phone: (315) 866-6068
Expert honeybee removal services. Serving Central New York State.

Andrew Espo
E-mail: Andrewmespo@gmail.com
Buffalo NY 14216
Phone: 716-374-1755
FREE Swarm/Honey Bee Removal in New York: the City of Bufflo, Erie, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties

Sam Ryan
Email: sam.islam91@yahoo.com
Brooklyn NY 11216
Phone: 917-667-0626
Swarm removal. I will also remove hives from homes

Anthony Planakis
Email: Tonybees3006@hotmail.com
New York NY 11374
Cell: 917-576-3422
Honeybee swarm removal, safe and humane removal and relocation of honeybees. Call and advise of your situation. ALL removals ARE re-hived either in Queens or CT.

Mickey Beaman
Email: brooklynbeekeepersclub@yahoo.com
Brooklyn NY 11216
Cell: 917-740-8009
Safe swarm removal. We may be able to save the bees with quick and safe swarm removal methods

Zan Yassin
Email: bxbees@gmail.com
Bronx NY 10474
Cell: 917-880-8159
Organic Beekeeping Classes, organic raw honey, consultation on bees, and swarm removal within the New York City/Metro and surrounding areas!

Kristofer Landell
Email: landellapiaries@gmail.com
Saugerties NY 12477
Phone: 845-853-9938
Swarm Removals from bushes / shrubs and structures. Most removals are free. I will remove bees in Ulster, Orange, Dutchess, Columbia, and Greene Counties.

Ryan McCullough
Email: ryandebny@yahoo.com
Brooklyn NY 11216
Phone: 917-667-0626
Free Swarm removal for Brooklyn and Manhattan

H. Peet Foster
Email: HPeetFoster-Design@snet.net
Tarrytown NY 10591
Cell: 917-975-3731
Swarm removal. I will work with your contractor on a cut out and bee removal from a structure. Beekeeper mentoring.

Allen Gilbert
Email: ggmpaa@yahoo.com
Delevan NY 14042
Phone: 716-353-3195
Honey bee removal, inside structures or outside. Swarm removal. Western NY area. Fee dependent upon travel distance and hive/swarm location

Keith Hollis
Email: fairview4295@yahoo.com
Livonia NY 14487
Phone: 585-721-5141
Honey bee removal service, external swarms or from within buildings. All removals do have costs involved.

Paul W. Lendvay
Email: pwl602jr@aol.com
High Falls NY 12440-5212
Phone: 845 687-9780
Cell: 845 417 1039
Live honey bee removal, honey bee swam collecting/ removal

Greg Kalicin
E-mail: Greg@harmonyfarm.net
Web Site: www.harmonyfarm.net
Lisbon New York 13658
Home: 315 322-4208
Business: 315 569-6144 (Cell)
I will remove bee from trees and bushes in St Lawrence county. I cannot remove them from buildings

Mike Tuggle
E-mail: beeswarm@miketuggle.com
Rhinebeck NY 12572
Phone: 845-876-3770
No Struggle with Tuggle! I will remove honeybee swarms from your property in the Northern Dutchess County areas around Rhinebeck and Red Hook. Most removals are FREE since I need the bees. Just call me and let’s discuss your situation.

Ryzard Biernat
E-mail: Rsmbusa@mac.com
Orchard Park NY 14127
Phone: 716 4791240
Removal of honey bee swarms in Erie County, NY

Chris Noble
E-mail chrisnoble1@gmail.com
Wallkill NY 12589
Phone: (347)738-1339
Will remove honeybee swarms within 25 miles of Wallkill, NY.

Todd Mathes
E-mail: lorraine1@rochester.rr.com
Bergen NY 14416
Phone: 585-494-2886
Service Offered: Swarm removal in eastern Orleans, eastern Genesee, western Monroe. Some extractions depending on location.

John
Free honeybee swarm removal in Ulster, Greene, Columbia and Northern Dutchess. Colonies removed from trees, homes, outbuildings or other structure for small negotiated donation.
Woodstock NY
Phone: 845-532-1643
highwoodsbees@gmail.com
www.highwoodsbees.com

Robert Evans
livetrappingbymatt@citlink.net
livetrappingbymatt.net
3031 Center rd Madison New York 13402
315-893-7526

Rick Alexander
Swarm removal building removal INSURED Non chemic
McGraw, NY 13101
Phone: 607-836-6954
I will remove swarms in central NY state . There is a fee for bee extractions from buildings, the estimate is free.

Bushkill Apiaries
I will remove swarms from trees and buildings in the Catskill Mountains and surrounding areas. Free estimates. Ulster, Dutchess, Greene and Orange Counties. May be a fee depending on location. Estimates free. Visit www.bushkillfarms.com for swarm removal info.
Phone: 845-657-7318
Email: beeremoval@hydroville.com

Joseph Sakowicz
58 Mountain Brook Dr
Brewster,NY 10509
Cell: 914-924-7466
I can cover Putnam, Northern Westchester, and Southern Dutchess.

Jeff Herel
Vestal, NY
I will remove swarms of honeybees from trees, bushes and buildings in Broome & Tioga County, NY and Eastern Bradford and Susquehanna County, PA, and surrounding areas. LIVE REMOVALS ONLY.Free estimates and there may be a fee depending on location and degree of difficulty. I am insured.
Cell: 607-759-2345
Email: Riverease@aol.com.

Josh Bestle
Owego, NY 13827
I remove honeybee swarms for free. There is a fee for extractions from buildings or any other structure with a free estimate. Email: josh_bestle@yahoo.com
Phone: 607-206-8223

Pete Semmel
Ontario County, NY
Cell: 585-919-9835
Email: psemmel@frontier.com
Swarm Removal and Extractions in Finger Lakes Region and Monroe County NY.

Scott Yates
Mountain Camp Farm
70 Mountain Camp Road
Round Top, NY 12473
Phone: 518-622-0309
Swarms removed in Greene County, New York and surrounding area.

Waldemar Galka
I remove swarms in Long Island and NYC. My fees are reasonable. I specialize in honey bee colony removals from homes, trees, and commercial buildings.
Email: waldig@netzero.com
Phone: 631-549-6625

Kris Lyko
Middletown N.Y. 10940
Cell: 845-283-4467
I will remove swarms from buildings, trees, etc. Active in Orange, Dutchess, Sullivan and Pike county.

James Busch
126 Hamilton Dr.
Buffalo, New York 14226
Cell: 716-578-1812
Phone: 716-839-4676
I will remove swarms from you property and dwellings in Erie county and Niagara county and even further away...

Lash Taylor
7430 State Hwy 12
Sherburne NY 13460
Phone: 607-674-9702
Email ltstables@hotmail.com
In Chenango and southern Madison and western Otsego counties. LIVE REMOVALS ONLY, Swarms Removed. LIVE REMOVALS ONLY. Free estimates and there may be a fee depending on location and degree of difficulty. I will remove swarms from trees at no charge. Phone to reach me quickly.

Eric Krouse
Cell: 315-415-6566 24 hrs / day, 7 days a week.
Honeybee removal in Syracuse area, Onondaga County, Central New York.
Swarms, honey bee nests in houses, walls, buildings and trees. Price varies based on complexity. (For wasps, hornets or yellowjackets call me for a professional referal).

Henry Brunow
376 Reservoir Road
Pawling N.Y. 12564
Phone: 914-755-5894
I do swarm removal as well as removing them from buildings. In Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester Counties of New York.

Tony DeBonis CWDMP
Phone: 845-489-6148
Wildlife Control Of the Hudson Valley
Serving the entire Hudson Valley, Catskills, and Eastern Connecticut
LICENSED and INSURED Bee and Wildlife specialists.
100% Live Removal: swarm and colony relocation.

Capturing swarms situated less than 10 feet high during the months of May & June.
Eastern Monroe & Western Wayne County.
Phone: 585-820-6619

Aram Oarcea
I will remove bees in Ulster County NY.
Swarm removal free. Extractions for a fee depending on difficulty.
(Lots of building experience / free estimate.)
Stone Ridge, NY
Phone: 845-687-7885

Northern Ulster County
Email: jestegmayer@aol.com
Phone: 845-247-3176

Saratoga, New York
Phone: 518-507-6230
Live colony removal by: Bee Brothers Apiary
Area Serviced: NY Capital District and Surrounding counties. There is a charge for our service, fees cover the cost of a new home for the colony, any medications and travel expenses. LIVE REMOVALS ONLY, Honey Bee Swarms Removed, Colonies Removed from Buildings, Trees, Shrubs, Inside walls and roofs. All colonies are given a new loving home to thrive and prosper!

If there appear to be no New York beekeepers near you, try looking on pages for neighboring states, or check New York beekeeping groups or clubs. You could also try contacting the New York department of agriculture. If all else fails you could try contacting New York pest control companies or New York exterminators.

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