Honey bees swarms feed on honey before they leave their hive to go out to form a new colony. Honey bees are extremely smart and send out scout bees to find a new safe place for their new colony! Many times theses clusters of honey bees can appear as a cloud in the air but when rested they are clustered to protect their queen bee.
A resting swarm is normally only located within 100 yards of their original colony. Some ways to keep your honey bees from swarming is to do the following:
- Replace your queen when she is less productive
- Providing enough space (deeps/supers), all depending on your colony size
Even though swarming honey bees or honey bees at that have little interest in harming people you should stay away and call a beekeeper immediately!
Honey bee swarms can be damaged very easily, by heavy rains and high winds, so please contact a beekeeper and SAVE THE BEES!
Name | Location | Phone Number |
Keith Martin | Aynor / Conway | 843-907-5867 |
Rick Pierce | Loris / Green Sea | 843-241-3528 |
Patrick Elvis | Conway / Myrtle Beach | 843-455-3027 |
Eric Sanford | Aynor / Conway / Myrtle Beach | 843-424-9624 |
Jacky Walton | Georgetown | 843-240-0824 |
Erik Bodkins | Longs / Little River / North Myrtle Beach | 304-541-5105 |
Tom Cooke | Conway / Myrtle Beach | 843-855-4461 |
Beronica Pridgen | Allsbrook / Loris | 843-465-0036 |
Rufus Smith | Galivants Ferry | 843-504-4370 |
Stewart Heniford | Longs / Loris | 843-655-7414 |
David Yannello | Gresham / Pamplico | 803-960-1078 |
Ron Conners | Green Sea / Loris | 843-756-2308 |
Andy Brown | Myrtle Beach / Marion | 843-957-0124 |
I use the swarm numbers to give to people too far for me . Are they updated regularly ?
John, yes this list is updated prior to every Spring.
Thank you because I just got another call from carolin a forest this morning . I am in garden city !
Random question . We receive quite a few swarm calls . We don’t charge . Are all the people on this list free for removal ? I don’t mean cutouts or trap outs . Just the ball ( basketball , softball etc )size swarm 5 or 8 feet in the air !