Swarm Removal

To be included on this page please contact Don, whose email address is at the bottom of this page

updatedAugust 2008

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This page is set up to put people who want bees removed in contact with beekeepers who are willing to remove bees. 

Bees usually swarm in spring or early summer. Swarming is the way bees reproduce and make more colonies.

Often a swarm of bees will hang in a cluster before moving into their new home.

Bees that are hanging in a cluster are usually removed by a beekeeper. If the bees move into an enclosed space such as a wall cavity usually the most economical way to get rid of the bees is to poison them.

There is usually a charge for swarm removal things that beekeepers need to know are

How accessible is the swarm?
How long has the swarm been there?
The location of the swarm?
Are the bees getting into the house yet?
Please note there may be over 40,000 bees in a large colony

Below is a list of beekeepers prepared to deal with swarms of bees

Queensland 

Name  Contact Details  Location Based
Doug Allen, Phone: 07 4630 0264
craigallen2@optusnet.com.au
Toowoomba
David Bourke Ph:(07) 3389-4060,
Mobile 0411-110-525 (best)
wwoofbrisbane@hotmail.com
Brisbane
Graham Manning Ph.(07)3219 1369
sting_au2000@yahoo.com
Mt Gravatt (inner Brisbane)
Steve Pierce Ph 07 3389 5985
iwm@optusnet.com.au
Ipswich
David Hughes
Ph: 07 4163 3088
jacarandapark@optusnet.com.au
Nanango
Mike Rose Ph: 07 5561 8081
mikerose@aanet.com.au
Gold Coast and Hinterland.
Coomera, Mt Tamborine

New South Wales
Name  Contact Details  Location Based
Debra Bourne Phone: 0408 968 291
Email: dbourne@spic.nsw.edu.au
Southern Highlands, NSW
John Donvito

Phone: (02) 94763412
Mobile 0408476965
Eamil: gplanet@aapt.net.au

Sydney and Katoomba
Craig Fenton PH 02 66 433 364
Mobil: 0414 33 1981
Email: jesusfreak@kooee.com.au
Grafton
John Rice

Ph: 02 62383791
Email:enquiries@ridgiedidge.net.au

Queanbeyan, Wamboin, Bungendore, Braidwood, Sutton, Gundaroo, Gunning, Captains Flat, Cooma

Australian Capital Territory

Name  Contact Details  Location Based
Kevin Antoine

02 6231 3355, mobile 0411 182 387
email: kevin@antoine.com.au

Canberra and surrounds
Paul Muscat (02) 6299 5858(A/H)
(02) 6265 0239(Work)
0414398555 (mobile A/H only)
email: paulmu@defcen.gov.au or
muscats@eisa.com.au
Queanbeyan/Canberra

Victoria 

Name 
Contact Details  Location Based
John Davidson
Ph: (03) 58271220
jd047@bigpond.com
Shepparton East
Chris Dawson Ph: 0428 109 164
chrisdawson@iprimus.com
Kyneton
John Richards

 

Ph (03) 5578 6331 jb.ric@datafast.net.au Branxholme, Western Victoria

South Australia

Name  Contact Details  Location Based
Don Nairn don_nairn@email.com
Ph.(08) 8357 5060
Inner southern suburbs of Adelaide

Western Australia

Name  Contact Details  Location Based

Ken Morris

 

Phone: (08) 9926 1087 Mobile 0427 010 548
Email: kenm@wn.com.au
Geraldton / Dongara

Tasmania

Name  Contact Details  Location Based

Northern Territory

Name  Contact Details  Location Based
Tas Festing
Humpty Doo Apiaries

Po Box 836
Humpty Doo 0836
Ph 08-8988 4763
Mob 0418 826 817

Humpty Doo

If you cannot find anybody on the list you could try the State Goverment Primary Indurtries dept,  or the Clubs & Associations page in the beekeeping information page

This page was conceived and written by Don Nairn

For any comments alterations additions. Please contact Don Nairn don_nairn@email.com
 

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