Beekeeper inspecting a frame during a live bee removal in Orange County

Beecasso

Impact

Twenty years of live removal means nearly three thousand colonies that did not die. Here is what that looks like in numbers.

2,847
Colonies Relocated
20
Years Experience
106
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Colony preservation first.

When a hive is discovered, the default isn't extermination, it's relocation. We work to give every colony the best possible chance to leave alive. We strive for every removal to be as humane as possible, using techniques developed specifically to keep the bees calm, intact, and ready to resettle.

The queen-capture approach.

Moving a colony without the queen is moving a colony without a future. We strive to find the queen first, so the colony follows her out, a technique Steve has refined over more than two decades. When the queen goes, the bees go with her. Calmly. Completely. Alive.

Private sanctuaries where colonies can thrive.

Relocated colonies don't simply disappear. Steve tends private bee sanctuaries across Los Angeles, professionally maintained spaces where bees can settle, spread, and do what bees do. Every colony that makes it there adds to something larger than the removal itself.

A practice built around what the bees need.

Each removal is a contribution to the mission, not just a solved problem for a homeowner, but a choice to do right by the colony in the process. We hold that standard on every job.

Steve Downs's hand-painted bee boxes in the woods at a partner sanctuary

Every bee gets a second chance.

Private sanctuaries across the LA area. Every colony that makes it there gets a place to settle and thrive.

Have bees? Every removal we do adds to this count.

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