Bee Removal Association of South Africa
Termite in Johannesburg

Our aim is to ensure standardisation of quality and conduct in the practice of ethical and humane bee removal through out South Africa for the sustainable cohabitation of bees and humans.

Our aim is to ensure standardisation of quality and conduct in the practice of ethical and humane bee removal through out South Africa for the sustainable cohabitation of bees and humans. All Bee Removers should have done bee keeping training and most have an interest in keeping bees for themselves, whereas Bee Keepers keep bees for commercial gain. It is not uncommon for Bee Keepers to remove bees in quiet times such as winter to boost their bee colonies, but in summer they tend to work with their bees and have little time to remove bees. Bees can be extremely difficult to remove and the Bee Remover will typically develop novel techniques for coercing bees out of tight spots as well as spend considerable amounts of money on equipment used exclusively for the safe extraction of bees. Bees are not usually a hazard to humans, in many cases it is best to leave the bees where they are. Where bees become a hazard to humans, such as a colony located in a Nursery School, it is necessary to remove the bees. SABRO strongly discourages the use of poisons on bees and all Bee Removers are required to exhaust non-lethal methods of extraction, including finding ways of keeping the bees on site without causing a annoyance to people. The bee remover will relocate the bees to where they can re-establish themselves usually in a rural area or on a farm. The bee remover will do all he can to remove the bees without destroying the colony, he will aim to keep the bees alive. Occasionally a bee removal expert will have a few hives of his own, however maintaining hives is labour intensive and the risk of a feral swarm carrying harmful bacteria of deter a bee remover from collecting the bees he removes. This is however a good way of getting started and growing into a fully fledged bee-keeper. Establishes hives and keeps bees for the purposes of pollination and honey production. Removes queen cells in order to prevent the hive from dividing and swarming. Harvests royal jelly for sale to cosmetics manufacturers as an ingredient. Beekeeping in South Africa is a book that anybody who deals with bees will want to have. It covers everything about bees and is a wonderful addition to any training courses you might attend. Often an avid beekeeper is unable to keep more than one or two hives on his property because of the size or location. This means that the beekeeper would need to find alternate, suitable placing for his hives. Here is an example of an agreement between a hive owner and the landowner should the bees be kept elsewhere other than on the property of the beekeeper. Selling of honey that is delivered as a product of bee keeping requires adherence to specific guidelines for grading. A phenomenon which has not affected Africa yet is the disappearance of bee colonies. To such an extent that it is estimated that the bee population in the United States is down by nearly 40% and the effect on world food production if this trend continues will be profound. While the use of pesticides and the general bee parasites can be managed and are part of the regime in Africa, if we do not discover the cause and and find a solution the African food supply, in fact the World food supply is in serious trouble. Cape Honey bees were brought to the northern parts of South Africa in the early 1990s allowing for the bees to mix and for some of the Cape Honey bees to infiltrate the hive and live as members of the colony while laying their eggs in the same brood comb as the African Honey Bees.