IndianaBeeSwarm.com

If you're in many parts of Indiana, we can dispatch a beekeeper to your location within minutes.

Before you call, there some things we'd like you to check.

Please let the beekeeper know where the swarm is located, how long you've noticed the bee swarm and the approximate size of the bee swarm.  Also, do not spray the bees or call an exterminator as beekeepers will not remove any honey bees that have been chemically sprayed or otherwise harmed!  Call the beekeeper first!

Make sure prior to calling a Beekeeper that what you have are honeybees.  Typically bees hanging from objects are honeybees.  Honeybees can also find houses, buildings, and other sites ideal.  However, we get lots of calls from folks thinking they have honeybees when in fact they have yellowjackets. 

Examples of Yellow Jackets
Yellowjackets are yellow, often bright yellow. They have a pinched waist between the abdomen and the thorax. Their faces are distinctive with bright yellow markings. They are bald. Their wings are more pointed than those of honeybees, and longer than their bodies.
Examples of Honeybees
Honeybees are many colors but usually amber or brown striped with black. Look carefully at the photos and you'll see the honeybees are hairy or furry. The wings are rounder and about the same length as their bodies. They do not have a pinched waist and their face is not as evil looking. Their body structure may resemble that of a fly rather than a wasp.

What is a bee swarm? Typically occuring in the spring, it's the act of one colony casting off their old queen and about half of their workers, to form a second colony. They'll take flight and look somewhat like a black tornado. The workers all swirl around the queen, who cannot fly very far without stopping for a rest. Shen she does, all the workers pile on as shown in the photos below.

Examples of Swarms
		Swarms can be anywhere, on a car bumper, a house eves, a bicycle handlebar, a fencepost. In all cases, a beekeeper should be called. If someone tells you to leave them alone and they'll fly away, this is bad advice. They may end up making a permanent home in your attic!

Now, if you're made it this far, and you can identify the insects as honeybees, and they're in a form of a cluster as shown above, it's time to call to dispatch a beekeeper to your location. You must be within sight of the swarm until the beekeeper arrives.

9 County Indianapolis area, call 317.536.9800 or 317.513.6493

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