Bee Control Melbourne | 24/7 Service
Emergency swarm collection, cut-outs from walls and roofs, and commercial bee control across Melbourne. Every colony relocated alive. From $149, fixed before we start.
Tell Us What You Have Seen And We Will Tell You What It Is
Swarm or established hive, bees or wasps, urgent or not – a couple of lines about what you can see is usually all we need to give you an answer and a price.
Request Your Quote
Under a minute — postcode and what you have noticed.
Three Kinds Of Bee Problem
Nearly every call is one of these. Which one you have decides the price and how fast you need us — and the difference between them is usually visible from the ground.
Emergency Bee Removal
A swarm on your fence, tree or wall is the cheapest bee problem you will ever have — but only for a day or two. Scouts are already out looking for a permanent cavity, and once they choose your wall it stops being a collection and becomes a cut-out.
- Same-day attendance across Melbourne where available
- Docile swarms collected and boxed on the spot
- Priority response if someone on site is allergic
- Exclusion zone set up around doors, paths and play areas
Bees In A Wall Or Roof
Once a colony is established behind plaster or under tiles, the comb has to come out. There is no spray, powder or foam that removes wax and honey from a cavity — and leaving it there is what causes the ceiling stains, the ant trails and the second swarm next spring.
- Cavity opened, comb and brood removed in full
- Queen located so the colony can be rehomed together
- Void cleaned and deodorised to kill the hive scent
- Entry points sealed and covered by a 12-month guarantee
Commercial Bee Control
A colony at a school, cafe, warehouse or body-corporate building is a duty-of-care problem as much as a pest one. We work around trading hours, provide the documentation your insurer or committee will ask for, and keep the public side of the job discreet.
- After-hours and weekend attendance to avoid closures
- Written scope, invoice and job record for your files
- Height access and roof work handled safely
- Ongoing prevention for sites that attract repeat swarms
Our Work, On Camera
Short clips from real Melbourne removals — swarms collected, cavities opened, colonies boxed alive. Nothing loads until you press play, so they do not slow the page down.
Live Removal, Start To Finish
A full colony taken out of a Melbourne property and boxed alive.
Opening The Cavity
Cutting in to reach established comb and brood behind the wall.
Swarm Collection
A settled swarm collected before it could move into the building.
Into The Hive Box
The colony rehomed into a managed hive rather than destroyed.
Swarm Or Hive? Tell Them Apart In 30 Seconds
This one distinction changes the job from a same-day collection into building work. You can usually settle it from your back step without going near them.
A Swarm
A football or rugby-ball shaped cluster of bees hanging in the open — on a branch, a fence rail, a gatepost, the side of a wall. It appeared suddenly, often within an hour.
- Hanging in the open where you can see the whole mass
- No wax, no comb, nothing built yet
- Bees are calm — they have no honey or brood to defend
- Turned up today or yesterday
- Act now: they will move on or move in within a day or two
An Established Hive
A steady stream of bees going in and out of one small opening — a brick weep hole, a gap under the eaves, a roof tile, a vent. You cannot see the colony itself, because it is inside.
- Traffic in and out of a single hole, all day
- Has been happening for weeks, months or years
- Sometimes a damp patch, stain or sweet smell indoors
- Wax comb, brood and honey are already built inside the cavity
- Needs a cut-out: the cavity has to be opened to remove it properly
Still not sure which one you have? Describe what you can see when you call and we will tell you, at no charge and with no obligation.
Where Bees Actually Get In
Scout bees are looking for a dry, dark cavity of roughly 40 litres with one small entrance. Melbourne housing supplies that in six reliable places — and old hive scent draws new swarms back to the same spot for years.
Brick weep holes
The small vertical gaps in the bottom course of brickwork. They are the single most common way a colony gets into a Melbourne cavity wall, and they are meant to be open, so they cannot simply be filled.
Under roof tiles
A lifted or cracked tile gives access to the whole roof space. Colonies here get large before anyone notices, because the noise is above the ceiling rather than in a wall.
Eaves and soffit gaps
Where the soffit lining has shrunk away from the wall or a vent has come loose. Easy access, sheltered, and usually two storeys up.
Wall vents and meter boxes
Subfloor vents, old air-conditioner penetrations, gas meter boxes and the gap behind loose cladding all lead straight into a wall cavity.
Chimneys and flues
Disused chimneys are a ready-made cavity. Honey and comb here can run a long way down and stain a fireplace wall badly.
Compost bins and sheds
Not structural, but very common, and much cheaper to deal with while the colony is still in the bin rather than in the wall behind it.
What Bee Removal Costs In Melbourne
Most of the trade will not put a number on a page. These are ours. What moves the price is height, access and whether comb has to come out of a cavity — never how alarmed you sounded on the phone.
Swarm Collection
Accessible swarm, ground or ladder height
- Same-day attendance where available
- Colony boxed alive and rehomed
- No obligation
- Quote confirmed before we travel
- Height or awkward access quoted first
The cheapest outcome available to you – and only on offer while they are still in the open.
Cut-Out From A Cavity
Wall, roof, floor or chimney colony
- Cavity opened and every piece of comb removed
- Brood and queen relocated together
- Void cleaned and deodorised against re-swarming
- Entry point sealed, 12-month guarantee
- Make-good discussed in writing beforehand
Typical range $495-$895 depending on access, height and how far the comb runs.
Commercial & Complex
Business premises, height access, repeat sites
- After-hours and weekend attendance
- Written scope and job record provided
- Roof, plant-room and height access handled
- Prevention plan for sites that attract swarms
- Invoicing to suit body corporates and agents
Quoted per site once we have the details or have attended – no guesswork over the phone.
All prices include GST and are confirmed in writing before any work starts. We beat any written like-for-like quote from another licensed Melbourne operator by 5%. Structural repair and repainting after a cut-out are separate trades — we will tell you honestly what is involved rather than quietly leaving it out.
From Your First Call To A Sealed Wall
Six steps, and you know the price before step three.
Tell Us What You Can See
Where the bees are going, how long it has been happening, and how high up. Nine times out of ten that is enough for us to tell you whether it is a swarm, an established hive, or wasps — and roughly what it will cost.
Clear Quote, Agreed
You get a firm number before anyone is dispatched.
Assess On Site
We confirm the extent of the colony, find the true entry points, and check what is behind the wall or under the tiles before anything is opened.
Remove And Rehome
Swarms are boxed on the spot. Cavity colonies are cut out with the comb, brood and queen kept together so the hive survives the move.
Clean And Seal
The void is cleared of wax and honey, deodorised so the scent stops attracting new swarms, and the entry point is closed.
Guarantee In Writing
Every entry point we seal carries a 12-month guarantee. If bees get back in through it, we come back.
Twelve Months On Every Entry Point. Five Percent Off Any Written Quote.
Old hive scent pulls new swarms back to the same cavity for years, which is why sealing is part of the job rather than an upsell. Every entry point we close carries a 12-month guarantee — if bees get back in through it, we come back.
Found a cheaper written quote from another licensed Melbourne operator for the same scope? We will beat it by 5%.
Guarantee covers entry points we have sealed. It does not cover a new colony entering somewhere we were not engaged to treat. Price-beat applies to written like-for-like quotes.Bee Removal Across Melbourne
We cover metropolitan Melbourne and the outer suburbs, seven days a week. Swarm season runs from roughly September to January, when we prioritise open swarms because they are the jobs that turn expensive if they are left.
Bee Removal Questions, Answered
Tell us what you have noticed and we will tell you what you are dealing with, free of charge.
Beekeepers, or exterminators?
Beekeepers. Beekeeper removal, beekeeper removal near me and beekeeper hive removal are the honest description of this service, and bee hive removal near me lands in the same inbox. However you searched it — bee removal near me, a bee removal service near me, a bee catcher near me, a bee specialist near me, or local bee removal — you get a beekeeper with a ladder, not a sprayer.
Is there an after-hours option?
Yes. Emergency bee removal is the bulk of our summer, and emergency bee removal near me is answered day or night because a colony across a doorway cannot wait until Monday.
Do you take hives as well as swarms?
Both. Bee hive removal, bee hive removal Melbourne and beehive removal Melbourne mean an established colony with comb; bee nest removal and bee colony removal are the same thing by another name. Honey bee removal is done with the comb intact where possible, and when we remove bees from house walls, bee removal Melbourne wide, we take the wax as well — to remove honey bees from house cavities and leave comb behind simply invites the next swarm, because leftover comb ferments and draws the next swarm straight back.
Bees going into brickwork or a chimney
Those are cut-outs. Removing bees from wall voids, bee removal from house walls and bees in house wall jobs need the cavity opened rather than sealed. Bees in chimney removal, a bee hive in chimney and bee removal from chimney near me follow the same method, and a bee swarm in chimney caught in the first days is a fraction of the cost of an established colony.
A swarm just landed in my garden
Ring now — they may move on by themselves. Bee swarm removal Melbourne, bee swarm removal near me, honey bee swarm removal, swarm of bees removal and a bee swarm collector near me are all this call, and bee swarm relocation into a managed hive is where they end up.
How is the price worked out?
By access and by comb. Beehive removal cost, bee hive removal price, honey bee removal cost, bee nest removal cost and bee removal cost near me come down to how much wall has to come off. The number is quoted in writing before we leave the yard.
What we will not do
Poison a honey bee colony. Bee control Melbourne, bee pest control Melbourne and bee exterminator Melbourne are the terms people type, and for honey bees the answer is no. Humane bee removal, no kill bee removal near me, bee relocation Melbourne and bee relocation near me are what we actually sell.
How fast can you get to a bee swarm in Melbourne?
The phone is answered 24/7 and same-day attendance is often available, which matters more than people expect – a settled swarm usually moves on or moves into a cavity within one to two days. If someone on site has a known allergy, say so when you call and we will prioritise the job.
How much does bee removal cost?
Swarm collection starts at $149, a cut-out from a wall, roof or chimney starts at $495, and commercial or complex height-access work starts at $895. You get a written quote before anyone is dispatched, and we beat any written like-for-like quote by 5%.
Will you spray or destroy the colony?
Never. The hive comes out alive and goes into a managed box. Beyond the fact that Victoria needs every colony it has, spraying simply does not work well: it kills foragers rather than the colony, poisons the honey so no beekeeper will take them, and leaves every gram of wax sitting in your cavity to melt. If a job cannot be done without destroying the hive, we will tell you why rather than quote it.
There are bees going into my brick wall – is that serious?
It means a colony has moved into the cavity, usually through a weep hole. It is not an emergency in the sense of danger, but it does get worse and more expensive with time as the comb grows. It cannot be solved from the outside, because the wax and honey have to be physically removed.
Can you get them out without opening the wall?
Not properly. Removing bees through the entrance hole leaves all the comb, brood and honey behind, and that is what causes ceiling stains, ant and beetle problems, and a fresh swarm moving into the same cavity later. Anyone offering a no-damage cut-out is describing a trap-out, which takes weeks and still leaves the comb.
What happens to my wall or ceiling afterwards?
The cavity is left empty, cleaned and sealed. Whether we open plaster, cladding or roof tiles is agreed in writing before we start, and we tell you plainly what the make-good involves. Repainting and structural repair are separate trades and we say so rather than hiding it in the quote.
Will the bees come back?
Not through an opening we have cleaned and sealed – that carries the 12-month guarantee. The reason sealing matters so much is that old hive scent keeps attracting new swarms to the same cavity for years, which is why removal without proofing so often repeats.
Is it bees or wasps?
Bees are furry and thickset and carry pollen on their back legs; wasps are smooth, shiny and slim-waisted. Bees leave a barbed sting behind and die, wasps sting repeatedly. Describe the body shape and whether they are carrying pollen on their legs and we will tell you which you have – we relocate bees, but wasps are a pest-control job rather than a beekeeping one.
Someone here is allergic. What should we do right now?
Move everyone indoors or well away, close the windows on that side, and call us and say so. If anyone is having a systemic reaction – trouble breathing, swelling away from the sting site, faintness – that is a medical emergency and you should call 000 first.
Do you do commercial and body-corporate work?
Yes. We attend after hours to avoid closing a business, provide a written scope and job record for your insurer or committee, and can invoice a body corporate or managing agent directly.
Are native bees a problem?
Almost never. Australia’s native species are mostly solitary and do not build large comb colonies in buildings. If what you have is a native bee, we will usually tell you to leave it alone rather than sell you a removal.
Got Bees? Get A Price Today.
A swarm today is a $149 job. The same colony in your wall next week is not. Call 0435 073 966 any hour, or send your details and we will come straight back to you.