About The Beekeeper

At the Beekeeper Total Bee Control, Inc., our mission is to Save Bees. Bee removal is our only business. Our bee removal offerings includes removing wasps, hornets, etc., because these insects, like bees, fly and sting. We have provided service to customers across the valley for more than 20 years.

Our full range of services related to bees and flying-stinging insects include the following:

• saving bees by performing live bee removal and relocation;
• identification of different types of bee activity and infestations;
• bee extermination (in sting emergency situations or when live removal cannot be performed safely to protect people and animals);
• honey comb removal from trees, walls, attics, or any other location that bees may inhabit;
• professional construction repairs incidental to and at the location of honey comb removal;
• second opinions related to bee problems;
• completion or correction of unsuccessful work performed by others;
• free written estimates

Our idea to offer bee removal service was born in 1998. This happened when we recognized that high quality bee removal customer service was lacking in the Phoenix metropolitan area. We also believed that higher quality workmanship was needed. Therefore, our goal remains to be the best at delivering our customers the highest level of service and quality of workmanship. We strive each day to achieve this goal. Hence, we provide weekly training to our bee removal technicians. Also, we continually seek new ways to help our customers resolve a wide range of bee problems.

Beekeeping Expertise

We began learning about and working with bees in 1992 as commercial beekeepers. Our commercial beekeeping years were from 1992 to 2000. During this time we managed about 750 bee colonies. We provided these colonies to Arizona and California farmers for crop pollination services. We pollinated watermelons, cantaloupe melons, honeydew melons, and seed alfalfa in Arizona. Each February our bees provided almond pollination services to farmers in California’s Central Valley, from Fresno to Merced.

As a vital part of the successful farming operation, we provided honey bee colonies to farmers. Without bees, flowering plants and trees do not get enough insect visits to the flowers to transfer pollen and cause fertilization. In order for farming to be economically viable, large amounts of fruit or nuts must be produced per acre. This only occurs when large numbers of bees are present to transfer pollen between flowers. Therefore, the need for adequate pollination required that we deliver bee colonies with very large populations of bees to the farmer. Keeping the bee boxes full of bees is a very difficult task, especially in early Spring. Our expertise in bee biology and colony care allowed us maintain and deliver bee colonies with large bee populations to our farmers.

A smaller part of our beekeeping operation was honey and pollen production. We produced honey in the Arizona desert, Flagstaff, and even North Dakota. In 2000 we decided to sell our commercial beekeeping operation so we could focus our energies on providing bee removal service. We continue to manage a small number of our own honey bee colonies for production of the highest quality honey and pollen.

Bee Removal Expertise from Knowing Bee Behavior and Biology

We directly apply our in-depth knowledge of bee behavior and bee biology to the services we provide to you, our bee removal customers. We apply this knowledge to successfully remove bees and to prevent the problems that may occur after bee removal. As beekeepers, we have detailed knowledge of the life cycle of honey bees. In addition, we have educated our staff about the biology and behavior of other flying-stinging insects like wasps, hornets, etc.

Our ability to provide the best service to you begins with correctly identifying the different types of bee activity: scout bees, lost bees, pollinating bees, robber bees, new swarms, bee flight from established infestations. Once we have established the type of bee activity occurring on your property, we can provide recommendations that will solve your problem. Often, we can identify the type of bee activity over the phone based on our customer’s observations. Nonetheless, it is best for one of our technicians to observe the bee activity in person. Once we identify the nature of the bee problem, we offer one or more solution(s) to our customers. Our solutions are designed to successfully remedy the problem at a fair price.

Summary of Experience Removing Bees

Since 1998, we have successfully performed more than 100,000 bee swarm and honeycomb removals in Phoenix, Anthem, Carefree, Cave Cree, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Rio Verde, Scottsdale, Sun City, Tempe and the surrounding cities. Our company continues to research new ways to satisfy our customer’s needs. We work very hard to exceed our customer’s expectations and go the extra mile to deliver the best service. We have excellent customer reviews on Google, Yelp! and Better Business Bureau; check us out!