Swarm Removal and Swarm Management


We have members who will remove honey bee swarms from outside your home. If the bees are inside your walls this is called a cutout. A cutout is a specialized form of removal and there is usually a fee involved. We have listings for each type of removal. Look below for a listing for your area.


A swarm of bees sometimes frightens people, though the bees are usually not aggressive at this stage of their life cycle. This is principally due to the lack of brood (developing bees) to defend, and their interest in finding a new nesting location for their queen. Swarming is the natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies.

Please note that wasps and hornets are often mistaken for bees

Our members do not exterminate/Remove any insect other than Honey bees.  Please refer to a professional exterminator if you have any insect in the wasp/hornet family. 

*****PLEASE IDENTIFY YOUR INSECT BEFORE YOU CALL*****

 

What Type of Bee/Wasp Problem Do You Have?

These photos and descriptions of different types of bees, wasps, and hornets will help you accurately relay your stinging insect problem to a beekeeper so that he/she may better assist you when you call.


Picture of a Honeybee swarm on a tree branch.

Bee swarm in a tree



Yellow Legged Hornet !!INVASIVE SPECIES-CONTACT CLEMSON USING THIS LINK!!https://www.clemson.edu/public/regulatory/plant-industry/invasive/ylh.html



Bumble Bees:  https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/bumble-bees-around-the-home/

Bumblebees - UK Safari



Yellow jackets:  https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/yellow-jackets



Carpenter Bees:  https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/carpenter-bees/



Bald-faced hornets: https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/baldfaced-hornets/



European hornets:  https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/european-hornet/



Asian hornets:  https://hgic.clemson.edu/asian-giant-hornets/



Paper wasps:  https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/paper-wasps/

Got Pests?



Cicada killer wasps:  https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef004

Female Cicada Killer Wasp



Mud Daubers:  https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/mud-daubers/



Remember, “your bee” may not look exactly like the photo; simply try to find the bee that looks the closest.

 Click Here for swarm video

SWARM REMOVAL PERSONNEL

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Camp Croft Area – 15 mile radius

Swarm only

Joy Deer 864-449-5045

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Campobello and surrounding areas   

Swarm only

Joe Wick 484-707-7597

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District 5 Spartanburg            

Swarm only

James Martin 864-381-0057

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Duncan * Inman * Lyman * Welford           

Swarms only

John Jarrett 304-444-8080

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Duncan * Fairmont * West Side of Spartanburg           

Swarms only

Josh Tibbs 864-597-9610

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East Side of Spartanburg/downtown            

Swarm only

James Dunn 864-948-2230

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East Side of Spartanburg/downtown * Glendale            

Swarm only

Jessica Brown 508-963-0333

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East Side of Spartanburg * Converse Heights            

Swarm only

Debbie Christopher 864-415-2217

Kathi Johnson 864-597-9803

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East, South, West Spartanburg            

Swarm only

Frank Tiller 864-680-2250

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Pauline * Spartanburg * Jonesville * Union * Pacolet * Gaffney

Swarm only

Vivan Malave 864-384-3294

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Moore * Spartanburg 

Swarms only

Tina Nottingham 864-497-0937

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Northern Spartanburg County * Will work other areas 

Swarms and Cut outs/removals

David Ledford 864-921-7032

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Pauline * Glenn Springs * West Springs * Spartanburg * Union * Gaffney * Laurens 

Swarms only.

Jeff Lindsay 864-415-3606

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All Up-State; Spartanburg *Greenville * Oconee * Cherokee * Union * Laurens * Anderson and the connected North Carolina counties Polk.

Swarms.  Cut outs/removals for a fee. Call for a quote.  

Rodney Middleton 864-357-2109  

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All Up-State * Will work other areas

Swarms.  Cut outs/removals for a fee. Call for a quote.  

Zachary Gellman 828-460-7595  

G’s Honey Bee Removal, LLC

[email protected]

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All Up-State * Will work other areas

Swarms.  Cut outs/removals for a fee. Call for a quote.  

Robert Freeman 864-535-9526  

Freeman’s Honey Bee Removal, LLC

[email protected]

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Bee swarm in a tree

Have a swarm? We have members who remove swarms from trees, fences, the ground, and buildings.