Desert Swarm Bee Removal

Perfect job.

No problems that I know of.

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We noticed a few bees making regular trips between a nearby Palo Verde tree and the front wall of our house. We called Desert Swarm, who found a hive inside our parapet. Greg made two visits to our house on separate days - one to kill the bees that had taken up residence, a return visit to remove the sizable hive that they had constructed. He showed us pictures of the hive in situ and the actual hive after removal. (He estimated the hive weighed 20 pounds.) Before he left, he caulked an opening in our parapet that the bees had used to gain entrance. Each visit had a separate charge - $160 for the extermination and about $575 (after an Angie's List coupon was applied) for the hive removal. Overall, a very good job, performed quickly and efficiently. The extermination phase killed all the bees within a few hours. (In contrast to another bee-killing service that exterminated bees in our walls two years ago; that treatment took several days to be 100% effective.) One small wrinkle though: While using a probe to verify the presence of a hive in the parapet, he apparently broke off a piece of hive inside the wall. This piece melted during the midday heat of the next day, and we had honey dripping out of both our exterior and interior walls! Yuck! When we brought it to his attention, Greg cleaned off the worst of the drippings. No long-term harm. We would readily call Desert Swarm again should the need arise, but we're hoping that never happens. (Nothing personal, Greg)

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Greg arrived on time, assessed the situation and treated the bees. Gave great information on the bees and what I could expect moving forward

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About three days ago I noticed a swarm of wild bees in a tree in my back yard. I selected Desert Swarm from Angie's list based on the reviews. I made an appointment and the owner, Greg, arrived during the scheduled time range. Greg was very friendly and professional. Within 30 minutes he removed the swarm and everyone here, including my dog, is happy again. I highly recommend Desert Swarm for this type of service.

After noticing a new bee hive on my home I wanted to eliminate it as soon as possible. I called Desert Swarm and they were able to schedule me with in a few days of the call (in the middle of their busy season). The owner of this company is also the one who showed up to eliminate the problem and was extremely helpful. He worked quickly and answered all of my questions. Weeks later I am bee free and don't anticipate additional issues because of the advice I was given.

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Responded within an hour of our call about several bees around the eves and in the carport. Explained that they were scout bees looking for a home for their swarm. After treatment, all bees were gone.

Very prompt in returning call, called when on the way, very professional. If I have any future bee issues he will be the first one I call.

While visiting our daughter in Tucson, our trip was interrupted by a HUGE bee swarm--man they were all over the backyard and we had planned to spend the time outside reconnecting with family. The neighbor had a similar problem a few days ago and had use a local provider that promptly took care of their bee problem and was happy to refer our daughter to Desert Swarm. They promptly responded and sent out a young man whom assessed the situation and explained, in great detail, what was going on. After removing the bee ball he explained we might see a few 'lost' bees milling around, but they would leave in a day or so--which happened ! What was the coolest was the company trapped the bees, NOT killing them, and removed them to a bee farm where they could continue their lives --making the sweet stuff. Seriously, I was very impressed with the response, attitude, results, and overall professionalism of this company?s rep. PLUS they did not have to kill the bees, just take them to a better place.

Greg was fantastic! He is the owner - it is a small business, and he knows ALL about bees and gave us lots of info. We have been renting out our home to a tenant who lived there for two years and moved out about 2 1/2 months ago. We weren't able to start renovating and cleaning after him moving until this month. The first day we got here we noticed many bees buzzing around the west side of the house, darting in and out of a crack in the eaves. There weren't many, but later in the day when the gas man came to turn on the gas at that end of the house, he said he couldn't go near the bee swarm - there were several more! Right away I began calling around and the first place I called couldn't come and help for A WEEK (we would have been without hot water for a week!) and they also quoted $500. The second place I called said they could look at it to give an "estimate" tomorrow. My Mom gave me Greg's number from a reference and when I called him, he said that he could be by in a couple of hours that afternoon, and said right away when I described where the bees were that he could likely exterminate the bees that were there for only $150, and then upon closer inspection when onsite, could make a recommendation for removing the honeycombs so that it would better prevent any bees from coming back. He also explained that when you exterminate bees but leave the honeycombs, the honey is no longer "maintained" by the bees so would start to melt and drip and make a huge mess - also attracting other unsavory critters - including more bees. When he got here, we told him we were planning to take off and replace the siding boards on the eaves anyway, so he could tear off the board where the bees were entering to see what was up - without worrying about re-construction, etc. He discovered that the hive was at least two years old and very vast! He went on to recommend that we go ahead and have him remove the honeycombs while he was there (in his bee suit - these bees were p*****!!) We told him that we could not really afford a big job, we would remove ourselves if need be - we just didn't have the budget to handle this project with all the other things we already needed to repair on our house. He said that a job like this (and from getting other quotes I know is accurate) would be around $400 - $500 but since he didn't have to worry about replacing boards or re-construction he went ahead and did it for us at a discounted price to help us with our budget. He proceeded to remove what he said was about 60 - 80 lbs of honey/honeycombs from the eaves and roof of our house!! He exterminated the bees that were there and when he removed the honeycombs, there were a few bees still buzzing around trying to figure out what was going on - but less than 24 hours later, absolutely no bees around anymore. We were able to get our hot water turned on the very next morning - so grateful to Greg for his punctuality, professionalism and friendliness - as well as working with us within our budget on the specific nature of our bee problem. I would highly recommend him - if you have a bee infestation - DON'T try and deal with it yourself, just call Greg at Desert Swarm!!