[Bob Ireland]

***I would contact your local beekeeping association. They may remove them for you, in which case they would not charge you anything because they get another colony***

I wish that were true. I started by calling the Florida Beekeepers Association secretary, who lives here in Orlando. His referral quotes a vague $400. My neighbor and I searched for free bee removal but found only a busy competitive commercial operation. One contractor said he would show up with a FLIR scanner (forward looking infrared) to determine the size of the infestation... he didn't show up; says he is too busy. sigh

[tatown]

I had exactly the same problem recently. A very large honeybee hive ended up in my water meter box in the front yard. It was massive and I couldn’t even mow the yard without thousands of them buzzing around me. I was only stung once.

I called someone from a local beekeeper association and they were going to charge me $350 for removal. I called the city to have them remove them and lets just say they were removed. I live in a very small TX town and they didn’t screw around. LOL

[Bigg Red]

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Oh, so sorry. I live in a semi-rural area, and things are different here. Good luck.