San Leon & Bacliff, TX · Live honey bee removal
Bee Removal in San Leon, TX and Bacliff
Honeybee Removal — Charles Manning — removes live honey bees in San Leon and Bacliff and relocates them. We're a local beekeeper based in nearby Dickinson, not an exterminator.Call Honeybee Removal at 281-910-5864, or send photos for a quote.
San Leon peninsula and Bacliff
San Leon sits on its own peninsula on Galveston Bay off FM 517 / FM 646, and Bacliff is just north along Highway 146 on the bay toward Kemah. Raised homes on pilings, bay-house siding, boat sheds, sheds and storage, mobile homes, RV covers, utility boxes and old trees are common places bees move in near the water. Salt air and storms push swarms into any gap.
San Leon and Bacliff sit on the Galveston Bay side between Dickinson and Kemah and Texas City, so a call from here is usually a short drive from our Dickinson base. Common call-outs are homes on piers or pilings, boat sheds, metal buildings, meter boxes, and eaves after storms. Call Honeybee Removal at 281-910-5864 or send photos for a quote.
What to do now
Don't spray. Keep people and pets back. Take a photo of where bees are going in and out. Call or text 281-910-5864 or use the form.
Nearby and related
Just north on Highway 146: Bacliff bee removal.
Where bees settle in San Leon homes
San Leon was first called Edward's Point, then North Galveston. A railroad line started here in 1893. Joe Vega later bought the town, and the name San Leon was picked in a contest. The hurricanes of 1900 and 1915 hit it hard, and many homes here began as summer cottages. In these older homes, bees use wall voids behind siding, porch ceilings, attic eaves, and chimney chases.
Eagle Point, at the northern tip, was once a stronghold of Jean Lafitte. Shore erosion broke up Avenue A along the north shore, and FEMA's 2019 flood maps put most of San Leon at high flood risk. On newer homes, check soffits, attic eaves, and wall voids around the garage. In the yard, check water meter boxes, irrigation valve boxes, sheds, and fence lines.
We remove the colony live: find the cavity, open only what the comb needs, take the bees and comb, and close the opening. If the house began as a summer cottage, say so on the call. Call Honeybee Removal at 281-910-5864.
San Leon and Bacliff questions
- Do you remove bees in San Leon and Bacliff?
- Yes. Honeybee Removal is based in nearby Dickinson and does live honey bee removal in San Leon and Bacliff. Call or text 281-910-5864 or send photos.
- Do you kill the bees?
- No. We remove live honey bees and relocate them to hives. If bees are inside a wall, floor, or eave, we open it, take out the comb, and seal the entry.
- How much does bee removal cost in San Leon?
- It depends on where the bees are and how big the colony is. Send photos for a range; you get a firm price before any work starts. See the bee removal cost page.
- Who removes bees in San Leon and Bacliff, TX?
- Honeybee Removal — Charles Manning — does live honey bee removal in San Leon and Bacliff from nearby Dickinson. Colony and comb come out; we are not an exterminator. Call or text 281-910-5864.
- Is a swarm on a San Leon pier or boat shed the same as bees in a wall?
- No. A hanging cluster that just arrived is usually a swarm catch. Bees flying in and out of a wall, eave, or shed cavity means comb is inside — that is a cutout. Send a photo so we can tell you which one.
- Where do honey bees usually build in San Leon houses?
- In older homes that began as summer cottages: wall voids behind siding, porch ceilings, attic eaves, and chimney chases. On newer homes across the peninsula, from Eagle Point south: soffits, attic eaves, and wall voids around the garage. In yards: water meter boxes, irrigation valve boxes, sheds, and fence lines. Honeybee Removal takes the bees and comb out live. Call Honeybee Removal at 281-910-5864.
- Is bee removal free in San Leon?
- Swarms and established hives are priced differently. A swarm hanging on a branch or fence is usually a short capture visit, with no opening of the structure. An established hive in a wall, soffit, or attic is a cutout: we open the structure, remove the comb, clean the cavity, and repair what we opened, so it costs more. Send photos for a range, and you get a firm price before any work starts.