Live Honey Bee Removal Process - Canterbury Hill

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To relocate the bees alive, we carefully removed the comb in sections, including the brood and the honey and place the sections of comb in special frames that fit into a wooden box for transport. A good deal of worker bees are crawling around on the comb and get a ride into the box as the comb is placed in the frames. Many additional worker bees form clusters around the hive area, in holes and crevices on the inside of the compost tumbler. These are vacuumed into the lower section of the BeeVac or gently brushed into the top section with a soft bee broom.

Once the bulk of the bees are contained, the box is closed and the entire colony is relocated to our safe and eco friendly bee yard where they will join other hives and do what bees like to do, collect pollen and raise their young.