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Before contacting one of our swarm collectors please check to be certain you have honey bees and not one of the many other varities of bee that exist in the UK. See our Swarms page<\/a> for further information and links<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have bees in your building and you are convinced they are honey bees, please refer to our Swarm Collectors list<\/a> for those beekeepers who may be prepared to remove bees from your property, depending on the difficulty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Examples of honey bee removal from buildings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have a look through the following pdf documents showing honeybee removal from buildings and you will get a better understanding of what is involved. Click on the buttons below to see examples of some of the extractions our branch has been involved with since 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pembury Oast House<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Leigh Oast House<\/span>\n <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n \"\"\n Farningham house<\/span>\n <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hadlow Church<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Horam Farm House<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ightham House<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Penshurst House<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chelsfield Headmasters House<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Crowborough House<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tunbridge Wells Farm House<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sevenoaks Quarry Cottage<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Headmasters House Chelsfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lovely Photograph of the Queen in Chelsfield Headmasters House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bees in Chimneys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Peter Hutton, a past Branch President, wrote this article on dealing with bees in chimneys.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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