When honey bees move in around Cisco, Tiffany Harelik handles live removal and relocation. Cisco sits in Eastland County on the I-20 corridor between Abilene and Fort Worth, an area where rural outbuildings, oak hollows, and old farmhouse walls give swarms no shortage of places to settle.
Honey bees nesting in a wall, roof, tree, or structure need careful live extraction: the colony and comb are removed and the bees are relocated instead of killed. Harelik brings unusual depth to that work – she is an Advanced Master Beekeeper and a member of the Texas Association of Professional Bee Removers, and she has kept both Langstroth and top bar hives since 2019.
Rooted in West Texas Beekeeping
Harelik founded Hacienda Harelik Honey, a West Texas honeybee farm producing small-batch honey, so rescued colonies feed into a genuine working operation rather than disappearing. She also co-founded the West Texas Beekeepers Guild and the West Texas Bee School, and organized the inaugural Honey Show at the West Texas Fair and Rodeo in Abilene – a run of community-building that has helped grow the region’s beekeeping scene well beyond her own hives. Outside the bee yard she is a bestselling author of more than twenty books, which may explain why her beekeeping classes and events have a reputation for being genuinely engaging.
Swarm season in this part of Texas typically runs from March through June, and a swarm is far easier to relocate before it builds comb inside a structure. Contact Tiffany Harelik directly to describe your situation and arrange removal; terms are set by the beekeeper.