Steve’s Bees is listed on the Tampa Bay Beekeepers Association’s rescue and relocation referral page as a Polk County contact, and this listing comes with a useful detail: the noted specialty is high swarms, the kind clustered well above ground. Not every rescuer is set up to reach a swarm hanging fifteen or twenty feet up a tree, so if that is the situation at your Polk County home, Steve’s Bees is a particularly relevant name to call.
The association’s referral page exists to connect residents with people who relocate live honey bees rather than exterminate them, and it is candid that removals take time, equipment, and experience. That is honest framing worth keeping in mind: a high swarm or an established colony is not a two-minute job, and the right approach and gear matter for doing it safely. Steve’s specialty in elevated clusters speaks directly to that.
- Live swarm rescue and relocation
- Polk County
- Specialty: high swarms clustered well above ground
- Listed via the Tampa Bay Beekeepers Association referral page
Contact is by phone. Describe where the swarm or colony is, how high off the ground, and how long it has been there so Steve can bring the right equipment. Because each beekeeper sets their own terms, confirm what a visit involves when you call.
