Wes Brown is a honey bee removal and relocation service covering a seven-county stretch of North and Central Texas: Tarrant, Johnson, Hill, Bosque, Somervell, Ellis, and Navarro counties. Few removal beekeepers cover this much territory south of Fort Worth — the service area follows the I-35W corridor down through Burleson, Cleburne, and Hillsboro country and reaches into rural Bosque and Somervell counties, where bee trees and colonized outbuildings are a fact of life and removal options are thin.
Because honey bees are vital pollinators, a live-removal beekeeper relocates the colony to an apiary rather than treating it as a pest to exterminate. That live-removal approach solves the property owner’s problem while keeping the colony working — a meaningful difference in the agricultural counties Brown serves, where pollinators earn their keep. His Metro Beekeepers Association listing notes that pricing varies with distance and difficulty, which is the honest reality of a service area this large: a swarm pickup in Tarrant County and a cut-out two counties south in Navarro are very different jobs. Terms are set by the beekeeper, so discuss the specifics when you call.
Brown holds Texas apiary transport permit TX-6-18-086 and appears on the Metro Beekeepers Association hive-removal list out of the Fort Worth area. Swarm season across this region runs roughly March through June, when calls stack up quickly. Call 682-433-3393 to describe where the bees are — structure, tree, or open swarm — how long they’ve been there, and where you’re located within his seven counties, and schedule a visit.
