Keith's Bee Removal Service

Called Keith's service. He wanted pictures of the situation. Quoted $400 to remove the bees and he could come 3 days later. Showed up on time. Examined the area and went to work. Two hours later the hive was removed. Vacuumed bees out, cut out stone carefully to let it be placed back as found, and removed about 20 pounds of honey and honey comb. Said it was there about a year. Excellent job, Reasonable price. One year guarantee. Informed my mason on what to do next in reinstalling the stones in about a week. Excellent professional..

It went great. I had a swarm of bees under the second story eave of my home. Keith vacuumed the bees from the hive to transfer to a new location. He removed the honey comb, used a special deodorizer to dissuade the bees from coming back, and did a very professional job of putting insulation into the cavity and closing the hole with a new soffit vent. In addition I got a very informative lesson on bees and their behavior. I would absolutely hire Keith again.

Great! They came the next day, removed the bees, and problem was solved!

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Fantastic Job - Can't recommend Keith high enough. If you have a bee problem - call Keith.
Three days ago we came home and found 50+ bees in our house and several hundred swarming outside. The bees were entering a small hole in the siding and going into the floor boards between our first and second story. With two small children at home, an allergy to bees and the fact that our bedroom and living room were the involved spaces we were extremely worried. We called Keith. He spent 20 minutes on the phone walking us calmly through what was going on, convinced us not to panic and offered the solution. 
He told us that the bees were looking for a new home. They would be crazy on day one, but by the second day they would calm down and not enter the living space of the house again. No need to leave the house or to do anything drastic. The bees would be focused on building a hive and not bothering our family. He would then come out on day 3 when the hive started to be organized and would open up the floor, remove the hive and restore the room all in 1 hour.
His description was 100% accurate. We never left the house and even slept in the bedroom. During the day the bees could be seen outside the house but never again in the living space. 
Keith arrived as promised, opened up the floor, removed the 1,000's of bees (he sent us a video of it - amazing) and replaced the carpet. You could never tell we had bees or that Keith had cut into our floor. All of this was done in less than an hour. 
Hopefully you will never get bees in the house (but if you are reading this then likely you are panicking like we did). Relax and call Keith. 
Keith was a total professional. I can't say enough good things about his service. I recommend Keith without any reservations.

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First, he quoted his price on the phone and charged the same after performing his service. Second, he showed up at the appointed time. He proceeded to cut into the soffit where the nest was (thousands and thousands of bees), removed the hive and bagged it for relocation to a place where they will be useful in pollination. Keith's service is no-kill. That is why I hired him to begin with.
After removal, he inserted insulation and covered the hole with a vent. This left eave with a finished appearance. Keith is professional, experienced and mindful of the environment. I would not hesitate to recommend him and hire him again.

The service is top notch. I will definitely call him again if and when I should need to remove any nests. In Texas we never know even in the most domesticated yard when and if we will need to remove insects or varmints. Knowing I have Keith close by he will definitely be in my contact book for removal of insect nests. His professionalism was spot on, refreshing these days. He was so kind and knowledgeable. I think if we could give more than 5 stars on here he would be definitely on that list. I was just outside and the nest and Yellow Jackets are totally gone...so are the red wasps. Now I can get back to enjoying my front patio and feel my new grandson and my little Westie will be ok out on the patio now.

Keith's Bee Removal Service is excellent, calm, professional bee removal at an affordable price, organically !

When I first spotted the bees, there didn't seem to be that many, so I figured I could handle the problem. I don't like poison, so I taped the hole where the bees were going in and out. The next day a swarm of bees literally covered 4 feet of my deck handrail, top to bottom, near their hive. The railing looked and quot;fuzzyand quot; and moving, and the buzzing sound was ominous. There were certainly thousands of bees!
So, after more on-line research, I realized with that many bees, their hive must be large. I read that even if the bees are killed, the problem isn't solved until the wax and honey are removed from inside the walls. Honey attracts mold and a host of other pests, so that is when I decided to seek professional help.
I called Keith because he is a and quot;bee guy,and quot; and not a bug killer. It was clear from the start that Keith is very knowledgeable about bees and bee behavior. His price seemed like a bargain after it became clear how much work is involved to remove a bee hive. Our appointment was Friday at 11:00, but Kieth called and showed up around 10:00. First, the carpet was pulled away from the corner, then Keith used his infrared thermometer to locate the hive under the floor. Next, we closed all the window blinds except the window nearest the hive because bees go for the light. Keith put on his bee suit to proceed from there. He drilled the first of four holes in a one-foot square, then turned on his shop-vac. A stream of bees were emerging from the hole, so the vacuum hose was placed over it. Keith finished the holes, then sawed from hole to hole with a reciprocating saw. I was expecting the piece of floor to drop down inside the wall, but it only sank very slowly because of the structure of the hive below it. After putting away his tools, Kieth opened a large garbage bag, reached under the piece of sinking floor, lifted out a very large piece of honeycomb, and scraped it into the bag. He then reached down the hole to scrape out the rest of the wax and honey. A pheromone-killing powder was puffed all around where the hive had been attached to dissuade any bees from returning. Fiber-glass insulation was stuffed into the hole through which the bees had been entering, and the hive area was also stuffed to prevent any future hives from being built. Keith spent several minutes vacuuming up bees that had entered the house. The air conditioning stuns them, so the bees in the house were relatively sedate. The floor piece was replaced, and the carpet was re-installed. Keith moved the bags of beehive and his tools to his truck, and the job was finished in only 90 minutes.
Regarding bees, Keith knows what to do and how to do it effectively and efficiently, and his work is guaranteed for a year. In conclusion, Keith arrived early to our appointment, went straight to work, quickly and effectively removed the bees, beeswax and honey, installed future preventative measures, securely repaired any damage that had been done, and cleaned up the job site for a price I was thankful to pay. I would certainly call Keith again, and I have already been recommending him to friends and neighbors who may have a bee problem in the future. I am totally satisfied with Keith's Bee Service.

Keith came out to our home in Georgetown today because we had been seeing a lot of bees around our patio. He took the time to share his knowledge with us and explained bee behavior, why bees do what they do, where they build hives, etc. He was prompt, professional, knowledgeable, courteous, and a nice guy. And the guy has an extraordinary knowledge of bees. We would definitely use his service again and definitely will recommend him to family and friends.

yI came home on a weekday night to find that a swarm of bees had moved into the sub-floor above my kitchen. I was alerted to this fact by a few dozen bees flying around the kitchen and clustering in the light fixture.
After finding out that the and quot;freeand quot; non-profit bee removal service had a suggested and quot;donationand quot; of $300, I started looking for more options.
Keith's price of $200, his guarantee, and the fact that he also relocated bees and did not just exterminate them was appealing.
When Keith arrived (on time) to remove the bees, it was cold and wet, and the bees did not cooperate in showing themselves or reacting to noise, vibration, etc. Keith cut two small exploratory holes after finding warm spots, one in the garage wall and one in the soffit outside. Both turned out to be false positives, but Keith installed screen panels over the holes, which look fine and do not cause any issues for me.
We rescheduled for a warmer day a couple days later, and Keith was prompt. However, it seems that the cold weather snap that came immediatel after the swarm had settled into my sub-floor had pretty much destroyed the hive. We did not find any living bees. Keith sealed the access area the bees had used, and liberally applied a powdered substance which disrupts the bee's pheromone traces.
The time Keith spent answering my questions, and his one year guarantee in case of another invasion, made me feel that my money was well spent. I definitely recommend Keith to anyone with a bee problem.
As a wood of caution: after the cold snap killed off the hive that settled in my house, I witnessed a huge, and I mean HUGE, swarm of bees settle into the gables and soffit on the front of my neighbor's house. They moved from a massive, literal cloud of bees into his roof within a 20 minute period. There had to have been 30,000 bees there. This put this experience into perspective for me, and made me realize that I was lucky to have had a small swarm settle and then had the weather kill them. My neighbor will not be so lucky, but hopefully he'll call Keith!

A bee colony took over an owl house in one of our trees. I called, Keith himself answered the phone. He explained a couple of options (like extracting the hive from the owl house and returning the house if we wanted to keep it), and after a few more questions gave me a price right then and said he could be out the next morning. He arrived right on time, and quickly handled everything.
Prompt, courteous, efficient, quality work at a reasonable price... I could not ask for a better experience.

I thought Keith's price was quite reasonable. His work was okay. The hole he had to cut to get to the hive was handled very well. The first part of the job - cutting the hole, removing the hive, and covering the hole - went relatively quickly. He did not complete the job until eleven days later, however. I thought this was too long, since Africanized bees are somewhat dangerous and the hive was fairly close to a busy sidewalk. The spray insulation he used to close off the bees' entry point is unsightly. He said he would be washing the honey and dead bees off the roof, but he didn't do a very good job of that. Despite the problems I've mentioned, I would call Keith's Bee Service again if needed.

The whole experience went very well. By this I mean it was not as disrupting as thought it would be, and not nearly as expensive. To put this in context, if you have a bee problem you have two choices : extermination or relocation. Relocation, as it turns out, is quite expensive. So, I was surprised when the estimate given for RELOCATION was only $400.00, rather than other estimates given previously at greater than $600. He cleaned up after himself, and the only thing that told me a beekeeper was in my house was the faint smell of honey, which cleared up that afternoon. 1 week later, no bees!

We had hundreds of bees very active coming in and out of one of the eaves in our house. Very soon after initially noticing them inside they were coming into our bedroom. About 4 years ago we had a bee problem in the same area though none entered the house. On our previous bee encounter we contracted a regular pest control company the came and did a spraying to kill the bees. I contacted Keith after reading his great Angie's list review. He explained that the reason for having the problem again was that the hive was not removed previously and that a new group was moving in because they had located the hive. Keith came the next day, arriving a few minutes earlier then the appointment time. He quickly located where the hive was in the sub floor of our bedroom by assessing the floor temperature. He was extremely informative about bees and their behavior. He suited up and got to work. He cut an approximately 1.5 foot square hole in the sub floor exactly where the hive was. It was a huge hive and he let me come up to see it because the bee activity was low at the time. It was totally fascinating and I was able to take pictures. He collected the bees with vacuuming and took them alive and was going to be able to keep them that way. He removed the hive, filled the area with insulationand repaired the floor. The process took a little over an hour and a a half. He explained what i could expect in the next few days. He guaranteed his work for 1 year. I can not say enough good things about Keith and his work, I just wish that I would have used him 4 years ago, I feel bad that all those good bees had been killed and that I had to deal with the problem a second time

It went great. I called Keith this morning, and he came out the same day. He did a great job, and like everyone else stated, was very educational! I would highly recommend him to anyone that needs his services, and would use him again if I need to.

Keith did a thorough examination of the house when he first got here and determined exactly where the bees were located. He told me what would be involved in removing the hive, what we could expect after the hive and queen were gone and what his recommendations were for the next 24 hours. He was concerned for our safety around the area as the bees that were present were very aggressive and although he was removing all those he could including the queen, there were many still in the field that would come back looking for the hive and they would be aggitated for the next 24 hours. His knowledge of bee behavior and concern for his customers was really quite amazing in this day and age. He was professional and courteous and we would most definitely recommend him to anyone. If there was an A+ available, he's get it. Thanks, Keith.

Great experience!

After Keith saw the wood pile, he explained that they were ground hornets. He and his assistant suited up to remove the hive. From the window, I could see the hornets swarming them both. This is not a job for anyone dressed in regular clothes. They showed me the dead hive and gave some information on ground hornets. Keith and his assistant were very professional and courteous.