Delaware Beekeepers                           Association

Honeybee Swarm Removal in Delaware

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

Handy

Joshua

302-470-4594


Frankford

Carey

Patrick

302-245-9537


Frankford

Shuck

Michael

3025690893


Greenwood

Murray

Roy

302-236-5187


Greenwood

Parsons

Hunter and Amber

302 265 7117


LAUREL

Dykes

Wayne

302-841-4328


LAUREL

Hopkins

William

4107263763


Lewes

Greenwood

Thomas

203-570-2552


Lewes

Martiner

Tom

302-667-2477


Lewes

Uhlhorn

Donn

302-752-6346


Lincoln

Hermstedt

Bill & Brielle (daughter)

302-363-3569


Lincoln

Lewis

Carla & Ralph Lowe

302-236-4115


Milford

Feindt

Walter

302-745-9233


Milford

Peck

Jeffery

302-259-1941


Milton

Baird

Charles & son

302-448-0713


Milton

Hepp

Pamela and Lou

202 494-7934


Newark

Hopson

Robert

302-521-5854


Ocean View

Clark

Dean

443-878-3315


Ocean View

Dominic

Chris

301-980-4539


Ocean View

Gatling

Murry

201-232-2099


Salisbury

Dalfonso

Wanda

443-880-6538


Salisbury

Deckard

Nathan

(302) 536-8388


Seaford

Cordero

Johvonny

3025928777


Seaford

* Glickman

Monica

860-961-8238


Selbyville

Bunting

Wendell

302-245-7735


Whaleyville

Babcock

Thomas

443-754-0151

New Castle






Bear

Clay & Long

Sandra & Robert

352-459-8010


Claymont

Sowa

Jean

610-306-5000


Elkton

Facchine

Valerie

443-907-5822


Elkton

Wallace

Morgan and Drue

3025880197


Greenwood

Murray

Roy

302-236-5187


Hockessin

Cooley

Brooks

302-547-4525


Hockessin

Fauerbach

John

302-584-8054


Middletown

Hayes

Gary

302-379-6606


New Castle

Cullen

Mark

302-897-0214


Newark

Greene

Laura

3023738642


Newark

Hopson

Robert

302-521-5854


Newark

Krzyzanowski

Michael

6094028702


Newark

Mansfield

Erin

3025932127


Newark

Reed

Edward

302-373-8642


NEWARK

Williams

Charles

302 584 7012


Nottingham

Huff

Bryan

484-886-5877


Odessa

Harkins

Roseann H.

302-378-7757


Seaford

Cordero

Johvonny

3025928777


Townsend

Hall

Michael

302-213-2486


Townsend

Hughes

Barbara & David

484-302-6360


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

Sacher

Ted & Irene

302-690-7566


Worton

Wham

Michael

302-354-3150

Kent






Camden

Macklin

Danny

3022498975


Clayton

Greenwell

Alan

302-242-7846


Clayton

poffenberger

Brandon

3025351548


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


Lincoln

Lewis

Carla & Ralph Lowe

302-236-4115


Marydel

Downes

Harry

302- 242-5108


Milford

Feindt

Walter

302-745-9233


Milford

Peck

Jeffery

302-259-1941


Newark

Hopson

Robert

302-521-5854


Seaford

Cordero

Johvonny

3025928777


Warwick

Crook

Jason

302-218-5503


Warwick

Leeper

Emily

302-559-3901


Worton

Wham

Michael

302-354-3150


Wyoming

Nicolai

Joseph & Theresa

302-233-2546


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