Bob van der Herchen Bee Removal & Rescue is a longtime Englewood-area beekeeper and removal specialist serving the Charlotte and Sarasota county region, including Englewood, Port Charlotte, North Port, and Venice. The work centers on live bee relocation, swarm capture, and honeycomb extraction, so bees are collected and moved rather than destroyed, which is what most homeowners are hoping for once they find a colony on the property.
Where this listing really earns attention is the willingness to take on the hard-to-reach hives that stump a lot of providers. Bees in Southwest Florida often set up inside the toughest parts of a structure, and this service handles:
- Stucco walls and CMU block
- Attic soffits
- Spots behind stone fascia and plywood
Reaching those colonies sometimes means cutting through stone fascia and plywood to get to the bees, and importantly, the area is restored afterward. That matters to a homeowner, because a removal that leaves your wall or soffit torn open isn’t really finished. Handling both the extraction and the repair means the job is seen through to the end.
For anyone in the Englewood, Port Charlotte, North Port, or Venice area dealing with a colony that’s dug into masonry or a tight structural cavity, this kind of specialized experience is genuinely valuable. Because every extraction differs with location, access, and construction type, and each beekeeper sets their own terms, describe where the bees are and what they’re in when you reach out.