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This 100 plus year old plantation home in Talladega, Alabama had had a honey bee problem for likely decades.
Southeast Bee Removal has done many bee removals in the North Georgia mountains. I used to live in Blue Ridge and keep bees hives there. Now that I live near Atlanta, I still move bees up north for the delicious sourwood honey harvest as do many other beekeepers. With all the trees and flowers, honey bees have no problem thriving in this region.
Many times when I get a call to remove bees here, the bees are in a log cabin. Many of the houses are log cabins. These houses require extra care when removing the wood siding or tongue and grove paneling. With the use of the right tools we are able to remove the wood and repair the access area where it is barely noticeable that any work was done.
My jaw dropped when I cut open the ceiling of this bedroom apartment in Lawrenceville, GA. I was both shocked and impressed at the enormous size of the bee nest that I saw! Thousands and thousands of bees crawling on top of sheets of honey comb. I couldn't even see the edges of hive yet, because it was so big. I had to cut a bigger hole in the drywall than anticipated.
This colony of honey bees had swarmed and moved into the bottom of the bay window a couple of months before Southeast Bee Removal was called out to this Macon home. The bees made very quick work and expanded into a large hive with a good bit of honeycomb for such a short time.
A storm was approaching and you can see the honey bees coming home to their nest before the rain came. I actually had to stop in the middle of the removal and sit in my van for 20 min. because it started raining so hard.
This beautiful church in Columbus, GA had an established hive of honeybees that had moved in several years previously. The bees were located several stories up behind the brick in a not so easy to get to location. The pastor of the church called our professional bee removal service because they were at their wit's end!
Honey bee swarm that split from parent colony in church.
One thing I like about my job, is how exciting and interesting it can be from day to day! I come across some pretty bizarre and crazy bee stories. 
A tenant was moving into this home in a week and the landlord needed the hive of honey bees removed asap. It turns out, honey bees do not care about paying rent! So he gave them their eviction notice and called Southeast Bee Removal.
Here is a unique story of a bee removal I did, both becuase of the size of the swarm and because it involved an answer to prayer that I am going to tell you about.
Prices and the cost for bee removal range from $1-$1500 or more depending on what type of bees you need removed, size and age of the bee hive, location of hive, height from the ground, and cost of repairing the access area. Distance traveled to the job site may also affect cost. For multiple bee removals in one location a discount will likely be given after the first bee removal. Furthermore, the price will vary depending on if the company or beekeeper is licensed, insured, and guarantees their work.
Here are Southeast Bee Removal's average prices for removing bee hives.
Here is an account of the oldest honey bee colony I have ever heard of, located in Rutledge, GA about 45 minutes east of Atlanta.
It was Ms. Sandra Verner Latimer, who contacted Southeast Bee Removal for the job:
"My family's ancestral home has had honeybees in the front corner of the porch and half-column against the wall of the house for as long as I can remember and I am 67 years old. My grandmother was born in the house in 1880 and she told us the bees were there when she was a child. I also grew up there and remember several times when my parents had local beekeepers try to remove the bees without success. I know they finally let the exterminator try, but even then, the bees came back."
The beam that supported the porch roof was filled with dripping honey comb!
