Let's Learn About Our Friendly Honey Bees

Killing honeybees is unthinkable and a reckless way of dealing with these little wonders.

Let us at Vegas Bees rescue and save them along with their hives instead. We are 100% transparent and welcome you to be part of the process by taking pictures or documenting it.

You will love how we gently remove your bees and relocate them so they can continue living happy lives. We do much more than just 'getting rid of bees.' Instead, they are rescued and moved into a new, fancy home.

Did you realize that the absence of honeybees would seriously jeopardize the availability of our food diversity? Therefore, we must protect these incredible pollinators rather than eradicate them.

As we learn more about them, we discover how much our friendly and helpful honey bees contribute to improving our lives. So who needs a bee exterminator when we have beekeepers?

If you choose us to take care of your beehive removal, you can relax knowing we will do the job just as we say. Many customers choose to view our photos over approaching closely enough to capture their own.

We suggest that you remain a safe distance from the bee nest to keep you and your family safe while we remove the hive.

It's interesting how they can make their home almost anywhere. One of their top favorites is in sprinkler boxes because they are dark and cool and usually have a one-inch hole they use to enter and exit.

For the most part, these boxes are left undisturbed for long periods. Our guide may help you with your bee removal decision.

Honeybees are essential pollinators for vegetables, flowers, and fruits. When they pollinate, they help many plants grow big and strong. In addition, they transfer pollen between the male and female parts, which lets the plants grow seeds and fruit.

Bees are abundant here in Las Vegas, helping to pollinate and maintain our city's beauty. In addition, many of our residents enjoy growing fruits and veggies in their gardens and planting flowers.

If you ever go to a Star Nursery out here, they are always busy with people selecting everything under the sun to grow in their yards.

When people choose plants that provide pollen and nectar, they help out more than they usually know. So we love you all for your wise plant selections.

We grow tomatoes and peppers in our backyard. This year they are producing like crazy because of the number of bees attracted to our watering stations.

If your garden isn't growing lots of veggies, add a shallow watering area close to your garden. They will find it, and in return, they will pollinate your garden for you.

We're all doing our part to protect bees and their vital work pollinating our world's food supply, cities, towns, backyards, and all points in between. We appreciate how everyone works together to save these helpful little wonders.

First, however, we need to protect them from climate change, and Vegas Bees' no-kill beehive removal and rescue services will keep their populations alive and thriving.

Honeybees are some of the best dancers in the insect world.

They share information and locations of plentiful food and water sources by doing their "waggle dance."

When workers return to the hive, they waggle their bodies and make a figure-8 pattern to communicate the direction and distance of the food or water source to the rest of the colony.

We see the "tremble dance" when we put out plates of trimmed honey and combs from bee removal jobs.

Foragers will be full of nectar and start making vibrating movements to tell receivers to get more help to collect the incoming nectar and to slow the rate of collecting nectar from an abundant source.

These honeybee colonies can be tiny or very large, depending on where they build their nests and the laying power of the queen bee. As a result, three types of bees perform all the jobs and responsibilities, and there is plenty of work.

I mean like building the Egyptian pyramids amount of work!

The most common types of bees and wasps here in Las Vegas are honeybees and yellow jackets. However, yellow jackets are terrible dancers.

If you want a great book about honeybees and their lives, we highly recommend "Honeybee Democracy." Written by Thomas Seeley. Many thought-provoking stories contain helpful information, whether you are a beekeeper or just interested in bees.

Did you know that beehives are basically buzzing metropolises with their own unique vibe? It's true! In Bee City, the queen bee is the heart and soul of the hive.

While she might not wear a mayor's sash, she lays the eggs and sends out some seriously cool pheromone signals to keep everyone in line. She's the bee's knees!

Now, let's talk about the worker bees. These gals are the ultimate multitaskers and the busiest bees in the hive. They're like the citizens of Bee City, juggling jobs like gathering food, building the hive, and pampering the queen.

They've even got sweet dance moves (hello, waggle dance!) to communicate important info with each other.

And what about the drones? These dudes might seem like they're just along for the ride, but they've got one very important job: to mate with the queen.

Sure, once winter rolls around and the hive has to tighten its belt, they're shown the door. But hey, life in Bee City isn't always a bed of roses.

All in all, beehives are the ultimate example of teamwork, efficiency, and some fabulous communication skills. It's like they're giving us humans a masterclass in living our best lives.

But who does it better? We'll leave that up to you to decide, while we sit back and marvel at the wonder of Bee City!

We watch many different beekeepers on YouTube, and these are just a few that we enjoy the most. Some do bee removals, while others educate us on bees and beekeeping.

Many other channels are well done. You can look around to find what interests you. We have learned so much from these amazing people and their informative videos.

Mr. Ed / Jeff Horchoff Bees: Mr. Ed with the dream team of Good Time Charlie and Wreck-It Ralph. Mr. Ed and his team are pros and have much fun working with each other. Thank you, Jesus, for this excellent beekeeping channel.

628 Dirt Rooster: What can we say about the Dirt Rooster? We love his beekeeping and bee removal videos. They are always funny, entertaining, raw, and informational.

The Dirt Rooster is bold, usually not using any protective equipment around the bees. He gets his share of stings, but nowhere near as bad as you would think. We highly recommend you check out his videos.

We get very excited when we get notified that he put up a new video. And, of course, the Dirt Rooster saves the bees!

Hey DirtRooster, lay of all that junky fast food or you won't be able to reach the bees soon! 😂

Texas Beeworks: Today was a great day of saving the bees says it all. She loves to scoop the bees in her hands, which is her trademark move.

Joshua Tree Preserve: Our Vegas Bees channel with fun stuff. We include both good and bad videos—lots of bee stuff.

When we go to a bee removal job, we first find the location of the bees and their hive. It sounds obvious, and it is. 

When you see the bees and where they are entering and exiting, you already know what is ahead with the removal and rescue. Now the planning and equipment hauling begins. We at Vegas Bees leave nothing to chance and always come to the party prepared!

This one can be tricky as there may and will be many issues we must deal with at a bee removal. We have learned to expect the unexpected.

You have to develop creative, on-the-spot solutions for many bee removals.

• Are there plants, shrubs, or trees in the way of the hive?
• Is there a shed full of equipment that we need to move?
• Does a wall need to be cut out to access the bees?
• Is the hive only accessible by a ladder or scaffolding?
• Will the homeowner allow cutting walls or structures to get to the beehive?

We should list many more concerns, but these are the most common. This outline gives you some insight into what bee removal can entail.

The colony size always makes a difference when removing honey bees. Will you be working with a giant nest or a small one? Since they are both handled differently, your game plan needs to be flexible and change as it needs to, which leads up to our final issue.

Most beekeepers use two sizes of boxes for bee removals.

They are a five-frame "nuc" box or a ten-frame deep box. The colony size and the number of combs will tell us which to use.

Since you never want to use a small box with a giant hive, the same holds for using a large box with a small beehive.

When arriving at a bee removal, you must have both on hand, as you can't know the size without seeing it yourself.

You will also need some frames with foundation and many without foundation. We use foundation-less frame structures the most, as they are what the combs will go into and be attached to with rubber bands.

However, it would help if you had many on hand to avoid destroying any combs. Again, it is always best to be prepared to rescue everything.

Once the bees are all in the box, you will have to leave it there for a day or two. This time frame helps ensure all the bees find their way back to their new home, and the colony will be reunited. That's the Vegas Bees' way.

Learn about our wonderful busy bees.