These are pictures of wasp nests - they are NOT honey bees

These are honey bee swarms. Yours may be much smaller and may be on a building, a tree, a post, a wall or even on the ground.

Honey bees build a nest of combs in a protected cavity. Usually the nest is in a hollow tree or in the walls or ceiling of a building. The entrance will normally be small. The following pictures show both tree hives, building hives and a hive in the open. Notice the small opening into the building walls.

Go to this site for honey bee identification

Please go to this site for more information on bee and wasp identification.

To see pictures of a swarm being collected click here

To see pictures of a hive being removed click here

If your pest is not a honey bee you may elect to buy commercially available sprays that can be applied from a distance or you may decide to contact a pest removal company.

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