If you have a swarm on your property, contact one of our local Swarm Collectors who will come and retrieve it for you. If you are not sure if you have a swarm, please see our articles About Swarms and Know Your Bees. If possible it is best to leave bumble bees where they are. Honey bees should be collected by a swarm collector.

If you are outside the locality then please see the British Beekeeping Association (BBKA) website to find a swarm collector local to you : https://www.bbka.org.uk/swarm.

Swarm Collectors

Allison Evans	Coordinator, Takeley	01279 871139	07901 644785
Andy French	Wareside	01920 465729	07920 567129
Jim Jones	Eastwick	07484 744809
Dylan Curry	Bishop’s Stortford	07703 760386
Jean Johnson	Takeley	01279 871404	07545 211546
Simon Rice	Buntingford	07879 642550
Bryan Mason	Buntingford	01763 273493
Richard Pyle	White Roding	01279 876186	07973 797414
Philip Smart	Birchanger	07436 793912
Simon Page	Farnham	07810 647572
Robert Croft	Little Hallingbury	07794 833097
Dennis Osborne	Ware	07791 689508
Graham Smith	Bishop’s Stortford	07711 916630
Robert Trundle	Margaret Roding	07580 524718
Karen Davis	Perry Green	07710 587777
Robin Lees	Molehill Green	07778 165207
David Tyler	Hatfield Heath	01279 730228	07955 768124
Esther Nicklin	Hunsdon	07736 436070
Bojidar Simeonov	Takeley	07454 820245
Gerry Worthy	Thorley	07710 260007
David Osborn	Bishop’s Stortford	07769 214991
Toby Walne	Patmore Heath	07740 925946

Each of the members listed is covered by Third Party Public Liability Insurance and has several years experience, they may bring a new beekeeper with them who needs to learn good swarm collection techniques. Swarm collection can take a bit of time and they may need to make several visits to ensure that all the bees are collected, Honey bees are wild insects and they may take longer to collect than you had hoped.

If the swarm is inside a building structure you will be consulted on what can or can’t be done.