Delaware Beekeepers                           Association

Honeybee Swarm Removal in Delaware

Updated February, 2025

A list of local beekeepers who may offer the service of removing honeybees, organized by county and city. 
  
Honey bees swarm as a natural part of their life cycle, it is how the colony reproduces. Swarming usually occurs in late spring and early summer and begins in the warmer hours of the day. A swarm may contain several hundred to several thousand worker bees, a few drones and one queen. Swarming bees fly around briefly and then cluster on a tree limb, shrub or other object. Clusters usually remain stationary for an hour to a few days, depending on weather and the time needed to find a new nest site by scouting bees. When a suitable location for the new colony, such as a hollow tree, is found the cluster breaks up and flies to it. Below is a list of beekeepers in Delaware that can be called to remove swarms. Call immediately if you see a swarm, they will not remain very long. 
  
If swarms are not collected the honeybees will find a new home on their own, in a place that may not be convenient. Hollow trees, attics, chimneys and underneath the siding of a home have all been used by bees in the past.These honey bees can also be removed, but it may not be easy, and there may be a fee requested by the member doing the service. Depending on the size of the colony a contractor may also be necessary to repair damage. Members who are willing to remove 

bees from inside buildings or trees are marked with an asterisk (*) on the list below. 
  
Before making a call make sure you are dealing with honeybees! If in doubt send picture to beekeeper.  Consider a donation to the Delaware Beekeepers Association for this service.  Link: Swarm Removal Donation



Town

Last name

First name

Cell Phone

Sussex






Bridgeville

Barry

Dan

570-690-4884


Dover

Cook

Heather

301-748-5380


Dover

Cook

David

301-748-6867


Frankford

Carey

Patrick

302-245-9537


Frankford

Harris

Gina

808-269-7647


Georgetown

Hannu-Eckrote

Laura

210-557-4299


Greenwood

Murray

Roy

302-236-5187


Greenwood

Parsons

Hunter and Amber

302-265-7117

 Hershorm* Humes Sarah610-389-2551


Laurel

Dykes

Wayne

302-841-4328


Lewes

Grebe

Kim

302-312-7381


Lewes

Greenwood

Thomas

203-570-2552


Lewes

Uhlhorn

Donn

302-752-6346


Lincoln

Hermstedt

Bill

302-422-3649

  Hershorm * Humes   Sarah 610-389-2551


Lincoln

Lewis

Carla & Ralph Lowe

302-236-4115


Milford

Feindt

Walter

302-745-9233


Milford

Peck

Jeffery

302-259-1941


Millsboro

Stewart

Kerry

302-381-2826


Milton

Baird

Charles & son

302-448-0713


Milton

Hepp

Pamela and Lou

202 494-7934


Ocean  View

Dominic

Chris

301-980-4539


Ocean View

Clark

Dean

443-878-3315


Ocean View

Gatling

Murry

201-232-2099


Selbyville

Bunting

Wendell

302-245-7735


Whaleyville

Babcock

Thomas

443-754-0151

Kent






Camden

Macklin

Danny

302-249-8975


Clayton

Greenwell

Alan

302-242-7846


Dover

Burroughs

Daniel

302-290-5530


Dover

Cook

David

301-748-6867


Dover

Cook

Heather

301-748-5380


Dover

Seaver

Warren and Joan

302-632-0146


Greenwood

Murray

Roy

302-236-5187


Greenwood

Parsons

Hunter and Amber

302-265-7117


Harrington

King

Robert

302-218-9622

 Hershorm* Humes Sarah610-389-2551


Lincoln

Hermstedt

Bill

302-422-3649


Lincoln

Lewis

Carla & Ralph Lowe

302-236-4115


Magnolia

Hammon

Jeanette

302-242-3532


Marydel

Downes

Harry

302- 242-5108


Middletown

Francolino

Rick

302-584-0368


Middletown

Johnson

Brian

302-359-5479


Milford

Feindt

Walter

302-745-9233


Milford

Peck

Jeffery

302-259-1941


Townsend

Hughes

Barbara & David

302-420-7541


Warwick

Crook

Jason

302-218-5503


Warwick

Leeper

Emily

302-559-3901


Wyoming

Nicolai

Joseph & Theresa

302-233-2546

New Castle






Bear

Clay & Long

Sandra & Robert

352-459-8010


Claymont

Sowa

Jean

610-306-5000


Dover

Cook

David

301-748-6867


Dover

Cook

Heather

301-748-5380


Elkton

Facchine

Valerie

443-907-5822


Elkton

Wallace

Morgan and Drue

302-588-0197


Greenwood

Murray

Roy

302-236-5187


Greenwood

Parsons

Hunter and Amber

302-265-7117


Harrington

King

Robert

302-218-9622

 Hershorm* Humes Sarah610-389-2551


Hockessin

Cooley

Brooks

302-547-4525


Hockessin

Fauerbach

John

302-584-8054


Middletown

Francolino

Rick

302-584-0368


Middletown

Johnson

Brian

302-359-5479


New Castle

Cullen

Mark

302-897-0214


Newark

Krzyzanowski

Michael

609-402-8702


Newark

Mansfield

Erin

302-593-2127


Newark

Mason

Mark

585-738-7599


Odessa

Harkins

Roseann H.

302-378-7757


Townsend

Hughes

Barbara & David

302-420-7541


Warwick

Crook

Jason

302-218-5503


Warwick

Leeper

Emily

302-559-3901


Wilmington

Douglas

Duane

302-358-7218


Wilmington

Duffy

Sean

302-415-5699


Wilmington

Thorne

Andrew

(603)828-2466



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