Honey Bee Removal

Humane Honey Bee Removal in Austin, TX

Chemical-free, no-kill honey bee removal and relocation across Austin & San Antonio — same-day when we can, and backed for a full year.

Why it happens

Why swarms keep ending up inside Central Texas walls

If you need honey bee removal in Austin, TX done without poisons or a torn-up wall, that's the work we've built Keith's Bee Removal around since 2000. We're a bee removal company based right here in Central Texas, and we handle live colonies the way they ought to be handled, by getting the bees out alive and putting your home back together. Same-day when we can. No shortcuts. Just honest work from folks who've been pulling hives out of these walls for a long time.

Here's the thing about our part of Texas. The season runs long and warm, and with flowers blooming most of the year, colonies grow fast, especially after a warm, rainy stretch or an early spring bloom sets the swarms moving. A lot of the homes around Austin and San Antonio have some age on them, which means gaps in the soffit, cracks in the mortar, and hollow wall voids that read like prime real estate to a scouting swarm. Once they move in, they build quick. That's usually how a small buzz turns into a full colony behind your drywall.

Our approach

Why we move the bees instead of killing them

We could kill them. We don't. Humane bee removal is the whole reason this business exists, and it's why our neighbors keep our number. We use a chemical-free compound to calm the colony, then our bee relocation service gets them to a local apiary where they can keep doing their job for the ecosystem. That honey bee relocation matters more than most people think, since these bees pollinate the same gardens and orchards we all rely on around here. Live bee removal is harder work, but it's the right work.

Honey Bee Removal

What you should know

How to tell a honey bee hive from everything else

Before any bee nest removal, you want to know what you've actually got. Honey bees are fuzzy and golden-brown, they travel in a steady stream to one entry point, and you'll often hear a low hum inside the wall on a quiet evening. Wasps, by contrast, are slick and skinny and build papery nests out in the open. If you see wax comb or a dark stain bleeding through the drywall, that's honey, and that's a real hive. We've seen folks mistake the two plenty, so when in doubt, send us a photo.

Cutting the comb out without tearing up your home

Real bee hive removal isn't spraying and walking off. We start by finding the exact footprint of the colony, usually with our hands and ears against the wall before we ever open anything. Then we make a clean access cut, lift out the comb section by section, and gather the bees so we can move them. We pull every bit of honey and wax too, because leftover comb draws pests and rot. When the beehive removal service is done, we seal it back up so nothing moves back in. Most jobs run one to three hours, though a colony deep in a wall can take longer.

Same-day help when a colony won’t wait

Some situations can't sit until next week. A hive over a doorway, bees finding their way into a kid's room, someone in the house who's allergic, that's when you call for emergency bee removal and we move. We keep our schedule flexible so most days we can get out same-day and get you back into your space by evening. Fast honey bee removal keeps everybody out of harm's way, and it keeps a small colony from growing into a much bigger repair job inside your walls.

Walls, roofs, sheds, and commercial jobs alike

Bees don't just settle in house walls. We pull colonies out of roofs, attics, sheds, and trees, and when a hive's buried in a structure we handle the full cut-out and patch the wood back up afterward. We also work with apartment complexes, property managers, and HOAs, since a swarm in a shared building can't wait around. Wherever the hive is, the approach holds steady: get the whole colony out alive, clean up the comb, and seal the way back in.

Where we work

The towns we cover across the Hill Country

We cover a good stretch of Central Texas — Austin and Northwest Austin, San Antonio and Northwest San Antonio, plus Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, Pflugerville, Hutto, Kyle, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Westlake, Bastrop, Elgin, Del Valle, Selma, Universal City, and out through Travis, Williamson, and Bexar Counties. If you're near any of those and you're not sure we reach you, just ask.

Austin (512) 589-9658 San Antonio (830) 484-8986

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Why Keith's Bee Removal

What twenty-plus years of hive work taught us

After this many years, you learn the details that matter. You learn that some local colonies carry Africanized genetics, which is a genuine safety reason to leave the wall alone and call a professional bee removal crew instead of poking at it yourself. We're A+ accredited with the Better Business Bureau, and we've earned that the slow way, one honest job at a time. A dependable bee removal service isn't about slogans. It's about showing up, doing it right, and standing behind it with our one-year guarantee.

1 Year

Bee Removal Guarantee

If honey bees return to the same spot within a year, we remove them again free.

What to do until we get there

While you wait on us, keep it simple. Don't spray store-bought poison into the entry, since it rarely reaches the colony and only makes the bees defensive. Don't plug the hole either, because trapped bees will chew a new way out, often into the house. Keep kids and pets back a good distance, close nearby windows, and note where the bees are coming and going so we can find the hive fast when we arrive.

Frequently asked questions

Will you damage my wall to get the bees out?

We open only what we have to, and we close it back up clean when we're done. Most folks are surprised how tidy the finished spot looks.

Do you really relocate the bees alive?

Yes, every time. The colony gets moved to a local apiary where it can keep pollinating, which is the whole point of what we do.

How long does the whole thing take?

Most jobs run one to three hours. A colony deep inside a wall or up in a roof can take longer, and we'll give you a straight estimate before we start.

How soon can you come out?

Most days we can get to you same-day, and we hold room in the schedule for emergency calls when someone's at risk.

What if the bees come back?

Our honey bee removal is backed by a one-year guarantee. If they return in that window, we come back and make it right.