Get a bee swarm or hive off your property safely.
Tell us what you're seeing and where. We'll connect you with a local beekeeper or removal pro, and honey bees can often be moved to a new hive instead of killed.
Someone stung many times, or having trouble breathing? Call 911.
While you wait
- Keep people and pets back.
- Don't spray them or try to knock them down.
- Note where they are and how high up.
- Take a photo from a safe distance if you can.
When swarms happenAround Naperville, swarm season usually runs April through June, when strong colonies split to start new ones.
What are you seeing?
A cluster hanging from a branch, fence or eave
Most likely a honey bee swarm resting while scouts look for a new home. Swarms are usually calm because they have no hive to defend, and many move on within a day or two. Beekeepers often collect them, sometimes at little or no cost.
Bees going in and out of a gap in your house
Likely an established colony inside a wall, soffit, roof or chimney. Removing it usually means opening the structure to take out the bees and the comb, because comb and honey left behind can draw pests and cause damage. This is a job for an experienced removal pro.
Shiny yellow and black insects around a hole in the ground or a paper nest
Probably wasps or yellowjackets, not honey bees. They don't make honey and beekeepers don't collect them. That's a pest control job, and we can point you to someone local.
Request bee removal
The more you can tell us about where the bees are, the faster the right person can help.