Our bees are threatened and we need to protect all that we can. However, that doesn’t mean we want a bee swarm in our back yards!

Ontario bee has a helpful page http://www.ontariobee.com/sales-and-services/got-a-swarm  They suggest you can:

1. Contact a local beekeeping association in Ontario  eg

   Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin Beekeepers’ Association, Arva, ON

   Contact: Bob Crowhurst, President

   Telephone: 519-666-1670

   Email: robert.crowhurst@sympatico.ca

   Website: www.moebeea.com

    
2. Contact your closest Ontario Bee Inspector.
   

   Elgin, Essex, Chatham-Kent, Lambton, Middlesex, Norfolk

   Mike Steele
   Email: mike.steele@ontario.ca
   Cell Phone: 519-360-8758

   Erin Ryan
   Email: erin.ryan@ontario.ca
   Cell Phone: 519-358-6593

3. Ask your fire or police department if they have a list of beekeepers who will take unwanted bees.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE BEES YOURSELF UNLESS YOU ARE AN EXPERIENCED BEEKEEPER!

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