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   Honey Bee Swarm Catchers List ( bee "rescuers")
Bees or Wasps? --check THIS PAGE first


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Honey Bee Swarms

Generally a bee colony will send out a queen and bees to find a new home. This is their way of creating a new colony.

The bees will alight on a branch or other place for only a few hours or days. They then leave to a more sheltered permanent place such as a hollow tree, abandoned building, house soffit, and so on.


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Paper Wasp Nest

Paper wasps form grayish papery nests, that start as small as a golf ball and can grow into very large nests, hanging from a branch, or under house eaves. In the winter they all die, except for the queen, which overwinters in mulch or the ground, and starts all over again in the spring.
* Please consult your local pest control company on how to deal with wasps.

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Ground bees or WASPS

1)  If you have bees coming from the ground, they are not honey bees, as they only nest above ground.
In the spring, native bees will have numerous pencil width holes in the ground. These are fairly harmless. Please see this page (link) to learn more about them.

2) In the mid to late summer and fall, wasps have begun large colonies- see above photo. They have bright yellow on their bodies, which honey bees do not have.
* Please consult your local pest control company on how to deal with wasps.

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2020 Swarm List – RochesterBeekeepers.com
 
For removal of honey bees inside a structure or house ONLY:
  • Orleans county    585-764-5036    David Surdi    Cut-outs
  • Rochester 50 miles 585-260-6860   Doug Streeter    trap-outs, cut-outs
  • Monroe county, Lima and Avon    585-230-9061   Mike Itterman      cut-outs and trap-outs

For removal of honey bee swarms (see photo above):
  • 25 mile radius of Ontario, NY    585 280-0361    Mike Scozzari
  •  20 miles from Scottsville or Henrietta     585 754-2764     Cat Ashworth       8' up or less
  •  Rochester 50 miles   585-260-6860   Doug Streeter       trap-outs, cut-outs
  •  Monroe County   585-953-3285     Jack Allen
  •  Brighton, Irondequoit, Webster, Penfield      585-820-6619    Pat Bono     6 ' up or less
  •  75 miles of Rochester      585-520-3759    Roger Prentice     15' or less
  •  Avon, Geneseo, Caledonia, Scottsville, Rush, Lima, Conesus, Honeoye   585-330-1568   Bryan Glotzbach  Within 12’ off the ground
  •  Monroe, Orleans counties   585-228-9995      Scott Martin,     239-292-3550
  • Gates, Rochester area   585-489-9321     Tarik Ozkaynak
  •  Monroe, Livingston, Genesee, Ontario CTY        585-820-5793      Jesse Perkins
  •  Avoca area       607-684-5150      Colleen Borzi
  •  Kendall area    540-239-3225      William Dixon
  •  Monroe county, Lima and Avon    585-230-9061     Mike Itterman      cut-outs and trap-outs
  •  Honeoye Falls, Mendon, Ionia, Honeoye, Livonia, Henrietta  585-203-7713    Diane Downer     trap outs
  •  607-684-5150                         Garrett Egresi
A youtube video taken by a homeowner with a bee swarm outside his front door!

Bee swarm season is upon us. Beekeepers are desperately seeking honey bees to replace bees that may have died during the last cold Winter. VOLUNTEER beekeepers are prepared to collect or remove swarms
FREE OF CHARGE.
  • 1) If you see a bee swarm, contact a beekeeper immediately (LIST BELOW), either through the Rochester Beekeepers 585-820-6619, or the Ontario Finger Lakes Beekeepers,(585) 394-7279 (greater Canandaigua area) ; both groups have lists of beekeepers on their "swarm list", as does the
  • Monroe County Master Gardener Helpline 585-753-2550
  •  2) Do not spray with pesticides or water, as this may kill the Queen and other bees.
  •  3) A fresh bee swarm usually will not sting as they are concerned with moving to a new home.
  •  4) If possible, please tell the beekeeper:
  •                                                                                     a) how high the swarm is, what is it on?
  •                                                                                     b) How long has it been there?
  •                                                                                     c) How big is it? basketball size, watermelon size?
  •                                                                                      d) Have you called other beekeepers?
  •  5) Once you have called a beekeeper to capture the swarm, please notify them immediately if the swarm has left.        

  •    NOTE: Those volunteering to assist the general public in the capture of honey bee swarms are responsible for all activities related to any capture and collection, including any communications with the general public that may be involved. "Rochester Beekeepers" assumes no responsibility related to the capture and collection activity.               

    ONLY for beekeepers to be included on the swarm list

    Please write: 1) the areas/ towns you are willing to cover. 2) Your best phone number to reach you 3) Whether you do cut-outs or trap-outs
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