Mike Yost Bee Removal works the Westside of Jacksonville in Duval County and appears on the Jacksonville Beekeepers Association roster for cut-outs and swarm or hive removal. For Westside residents who have found bees in the yard or in the house, having a removal contact who focuses on that part of town can mean a quicker, more local response.
The roster listing indicates Mike Yost handles two kinds of situations. The first is swarm and hive removal, which ranges from collecting a loose swarm that has clustered on a tree, fence or wall to dealing with an established colony. The second is cut-outs, the more involved work of opening up a wall, soffit or other cavity to reach bees that have built comb inside a structure. Covering both means this is not only a warm-weather swarm-catcher but someone set up for the harder in-the-wall jobs too.
Because the listing comes through the beekeepers association, the orientation is toward live removal and relocation rather than killing the colony. That is the outcome most homeowners actually want once they understand honey bees are worth saving. Every beekeeper sets their own terms, so call, describe exactly where the bees are on your Westside property and how accessible they appear, and let Mike Yost tell you whether it is a simple collection or a cut-out before you schedule anything.
