Swarm Capture & Colony Removal

In spring & summer, LCBA volunteers capture honey bee swarms in Lewis County, Washington, free of charge. FYI, LCBA is a WA nonprofit corporation & 501(c)3 organization, not a county agency.

Colony removals:

For information about individuals who will remove established bee colonies, scroll down below swarm list. Some of these individuals may charge for their removal services.

Not in Lewis or the southern part of Thurston County? Click here to visit Beesource.com's nationwide bee swarm & colony removal list.

Lewis County Beekeepers' Association does not guarantee outcomes of swarm captures: names listed below are volunteers who are willing to remove bees for free. Our volunteers will gladly accept donations for gas, supplies, or to support LCBA's educational programs. We will hive bees for homeowners who are members of LCBA; otherwise, our volunteers take the bees.

Before contacting our volunteers, please have the following information ready:

(1) Your physical address & telephone #.

(2) Where are the bees? Please give us details:

If it is a swarm, how high off the ground are the bees? Do you have ladders or do our volunteers need to bring one?
If they are in a structure, what kind of what kind of structure, & where in the structure?

Are you sure you have honey bees?

FYI - LCBA volunteers only remove honey bees.

Honey bees are normally gentle: stinging kills them, so if you move slowly & quietly, they are not likely to sting you. (Image from Extension.org)

Helpful websites for telling whether you have honey bees, yellow jackets, wasps, or something else: click here for the University of California-Riverside's page, or visit Washington State Beekeepers' Association bee/wasp identification page.

Want to Get Rid of Yellow Jackets, Wasps, or Hornets?

Between Longview & Centralia, WA:

Carl Roush, 360 578 2018 (May through September). Retired Lower Columbia College Biology Instructor Carl Roush seeks yellow jackets, wasps, & hornets - he works with a laboratory to process their venom to help those with allergies. Click here for his card.

Between Centralia & Olympia, WA:

Cascadia Venom Collection serves all of Thurston, and some of Lewis, Mason, Pierce and Grays Harbor Counties: http://cascadiavenomcollection.com/

Email: freeremoval@cascadiavenomcollection.com

Phone: (360) 866-1834

Need Bumblebees Removed?

Contact Honey Bee Allies: http://www.beeallies.com/contact/

Honey Bee Swarms - Volunteers by area

Adna:

Steve & Barbara Grega: (360) 269-2909; (360) 262-9513

Kevin & Jeanne Reichert: (360) 269-6337; (360) 736-8279

Steve Howard: (360) 827-1527

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Bob McCormick: (360) 880-6752

Bucoda

Adam Claridge: (360) 763 1320

Steve Howard: (360) 827-1527

Kevin & Jeanne Reichert: (360) 269-6337; (360) 736-8279

Centralia:

Kevin & Jeanne Reichert: (360) 269-6337; (360) 736-8279

Steve Howard: (360) 827-1527

Austin Nelson: (360) 623-2543

William R. Pittman: (360) 736-8061

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Gillian Davis: (503) 284-1844

Chehalis:

Kevin & Jeanne Reichert: (360) 269-6337; (360) 736-8279

Austin Nelson: (360) 623-2543

Dave Batchelor: (360) 748-6250

William R. Pittman: (360) 736-8061

Phil Wilson: (360) 785 3804; (360) 219-6694

Gillian Davis: (503) 284-1844

Courtney Miller: (360) 623-9532

Bob McCormick: (360) 880-6752

Elbe:

Stevan Mayer: (360) 496-5503

Martin Stenzig: (360) 525-3991; (781) 354-4291

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Ethel:

Ed Odell: (360) 978-4659

Dave Batchelor: (360) 748-6250

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Glenoma:

Nancy Toenyan: (360) 983-3009

Richard Kain: (360) 498-5473

Nancy Miller: (360) 880-7400

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Martin Stenzig: (360) 525-3991; (781) 354-4291

Grays Harbor County:

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Littlerock

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Mineral:

Stevan Mayer: (360) 496-5503

Nancy Toenyan: (360) 983-3009

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Martin Stenzig: (360) 525-3991; (781) 354-4291

Morton:

Nancy Toenyan: (360) 983-3009

Richard Kain: (360) 498-5473

Nancy Miller: (360) 880-7400

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Martin Stenzig: (360) 525-3991; (781) 354-4291

Mossyrock:

Nancy Toenyan: (360) 983-3009

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Rich Harned: (360) 520-0388

Martin Stenzig: (360) 525-3991; (781) 354-4291

Napavine:

Mel Grigorich: (360) 262-3500; (360) 269-1089

Gottfried Fritz: (360) 996-4957

Rick Battin: (360) 266-0050; M; (206) 915-0466

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Olympia:

Olympia Beekeepers' Association Swarm Phone #: 360-515-1068

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Onalaska:

Ed Odell: (360) 978-4659

Dave Batchelor: (360) 748-6250

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Packwood/Randle:

Nancy Toenyan: (360) 983-3009

Nancy Miller: (360) 880-7400

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Martin Stenzig: (360) 525-3991; (781) 354-4291

Pe Ell:

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Noel Sharp: (360) 388-8813

Rochester:

Steve Howard: (360) 827-1527

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Tenino:

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Toledo:

Ed Odell: (360) 978-4659

Erik Wingren: (209) 973-6975

Dawn Wiltbank: (360) 269 0637

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Tumwater:

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Vader:

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Winlock:

Phil Wilson: (360) 785-3804; (360) 219-6694

Erik Wingren: (209) 973-6975

Dawn Wiltbank: (360) 269 0637
Ed & Sue Carter: (303) 596-8863; (720) 289-7293
Rick Battin: (360) 266-0050; M; (206) 915-0466

Swarm Capture & Colony Removal

Are you sure you have honey bees?

FYI - LCBA volunteers only remove honey bees.

Honey Bee Swarms - Volunteers by area

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