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Do you ever kill the bees?

No. We only do live removal. Every colony we remove goes to our apiary alive.

Broward: 954-546-0220. Palm Beach: 561-867-0507.

Live Bee Removal & Relocation in Broward & Palm Beach

No-kill live bee removal near me

GotBeez removes live honeybee colonies from homes, businesses, walls, roofs, trees, sheds, soffits, and meter boxes across Broward County and Palm Beach County. We do not show up looking for the fastest way to kill bees. We show up as beekeepers, find the colony, remove the bees and comb, and relocate the whole colony alive. Looking for a beekeeper near me or need honey bee removal? Start here.

Call or text 954-546-0220 for Broward County or 561-867-0507 for Palm Beach County.

How I remove bees alive

I am Nick with GotBeez, and I grew up around beekeeping. When I walk up to a bee removal job, I am watching the bees before I touch anything. Their flight path tells me where the colony is entering, how active the hive is, and whether we are dealing with a swarm or an established colony with honeycomb inside the structure.

That matters because real live bee removal is not just knocking down the bees you can see. If the hive is inside a wall, soffit, roofline, shed, or meter box, the comb has to be handled the right way. Leaving honeycomb behind can attract ants, roaches, rodents, wax moths, and more bees later.

Need live bee removal today?

Do not spray and do not seal the entry hole. Send a photo from a safe distance and we can usually tell a lot from the entry point.

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Our live bee removal and relocation process

1. Inspect the activity

We identify the entry point, colony location, height, access, and whether bees are in a structure or only clustered outside.

2. Protect the property

We set up carefully around landscaping, rooflines, stucco, walls, sheds, utility boxes, patios, pools, and business entrances.

3. Remove bees and comb

When there is an established hive, we remove the bees and honeycomb instead of leaving the source of future problems behind.

4. Save the queen when possible

Finding the queen helps the colony settle into its new home and increases the chance of a successful relocation.

5. Relocate the colony

We move live bees to our apiary, keeping the colony alive and productive.

6. Explain prevention

We show you what should be sealed or repaired after removal so bees are less likely to return to the same spot.

Live bee removal vs extermination

There is a big difference between removing bees and killing bees. Extermination may stop visible activity for the moment, but if the hive is inside a structure, dead bees and abandoned comb can create odor, leaks, pests, and repeat bee problems.

Live bee removal is more careful. We work to locate the colony, remove the hive material, and relocate the bees instead of destroying them. That is especially important in South Florida, where honeybees are part of the local ecosystem and many homes have rooflines, soffits, wall voids, trees, and utility areas that bees love to move into.

GotBeez is built around no-kill bee relocation. We are the right fit when you want the bees gone from your property but do not want them exterminated.

Where live bee colonies hide in South Florida

Residential bee removal

Walls, attics, soffits, fascia, chimneys, sheds, pool equipment areas, trees, patios, and meter boxes. See our residential bee removal service.

Commercial bee removal

Restaurants, warehouses, offices, retail plazas, apartment communities, job sites, outdoor dining areas, and customer entrances. See our commercial bee removal service.

Structural and wall hives

If bees are entering a crack, vent, soffit, roof edge, or stucco opening, the colony may already be inside. Learn about bee removal from walls.

Emergency situations

If bees are affecting people, pets, workers, or access to the property, visit our 24/7 emergency bee removal page.

Live bee removal service areas

GotBeez is based in Davie and provides live bee removal across Broward County and Palm Beach County. We want to own the searches for humane bee relocation, live bee removal near me, and no-kill bee removal throughout our real service area.

How much does live bee removal cost?

Most live bee removal jobs range from $150 to $800+, depending on the hive location, height, access, colony size, and whether honeycomb has to be removed from a wall, roof, shed, meter box, or other structure. A simple swarm is usually less involved than an established colony inside a building.

The fastest way to get a realistic quote is to call or text a photo from a safe distance. We can often tell whether the job is simple, structural, urgent, or likely to need special equipment.

Live bee removal FAQs

What is live bee removal?

Live bee removal means removing the bees and hive material without exterminating the colony, every time. GotBeez relocates honeybee colonies to a safer location instead of killing them.

Do you remove bees from walls and roofs?

Yes. GotBeez removes bees from walls, rooflines, soffits, fascia, attics, sheds, trees, meter boxes, and other common South Florida hive locations.

Should I spray bees before calling?

No. Spraying can make bees defensive, push them deeper into a structure, contaminate honeycomb, and make live removal harder.

Can you remove the queen?

When the hive is accessible, we work to locate and save the queen so the colony can settle after relocation.

Do you offer same-day live bee removal?

Yes. GotBeez offers same-day and emergency live bee removal throughout Broward County and Palm Beach County when availability allows.

What areas do you serve?

GotBeez serves Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, Hollywood, Plantation, Weston, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, and surrounding Broward and Palm Beach communities.

Watch real GotBeez live bee removals

Below are real examples from the field. These videos help show how we approach live bee removal, structural hive work, and humane relocation across South Florida.

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Live removal or extermination: what is the difference?

Extermination kills the bees where they are. The comb stays behind. Live removal takes the bees and the comb out together, and the colony goes on living somewhere it is wanted.

Live removal is all we do. Every colony we take comes out alive. We never kill bees.

The comb is the part people forget. A hive inside a wall can hold a lot of honey. Once the bees are dead nobody is cooling it, so it melts, leaks and attracts pests. A new swarm can smell it and move right back in.

How we do a live removal

We find the hive. We open the spot, cut out the comb, and catch the bees, queen included. The colony rides back to our apiary. We clean up and show you what needs sealing.

Some recent ones: a brick wall in Boca Raton, a fascia hive on Singer Island, and a high-reach job with about 60,000 bees.

Live bee removal questions

What is live bee removal?

We take the colony out alive, comb and all, and move it to our apiary instead of spraying it. The bees keep working. You get the hive and the honey out of your house.

Is live removal harder than spraying?

Yes. We have to open the wall, soffit or meter box, find the comb and get the queen. It takes longer. It is also the only way to get the comb out, which is what keeps bees from coming back.

Are the bees in South Florida Africanized?

Many colonies here have Africanized genetics, and they can be more defensive. That is one more reason not to poke at a hive yourself. They still come out alive and go to our apiary, like every colony we remove. We never kill them.

Are you licensed?

Yes. We are licensed, insured beekeepers. Ask us for our paperwork when you call and we will send it.

Who shows up at your house

GotBeez is Nick and Jessica. We are licensed, insured, third-generation beekeepers with more than 50 years of combined experience, and we run the crew ourselves.

We are based in Davie at 14070 Richwood Place. Every bee we remove comes out alive and goes to our apiary. We never kill bees. We own a boom lift, so a hive 30 feet up a palm or under a roofline is a normal day for us.

Broward: 954-546-0220. Palm Beach: 561-867-0507.