Free swarm collection & live bee removal in Elizabethtown, PA
The Alleman Apiary serves Elizabethtown (17022) with free honey bee swarm collection, live structural bee removal, and bumble bee relocation. Bees are vacuumed alive, comb saved when possible, and relocated to our managed apiaries — never exterminated. Same family of businesses, same phone number 717-379-3248 routes wasp and hornet calls to our licensed sister company.
What Elizabethtown properties typically call us about
Elizabethtown is at the northwest corner of Lancaster County, with Elizabethtown College, residential subdivisions, and significant surrounding farmland. The typical bee-related calls we get from the area:
- Honey bee swarms across the area during the spring swarm season
- Established colonies in older E-town borough homes and rural barns
- Bumble bee nests on residential lawns and garden plots
- Farms across Lancaster County's northwest often benefit from spring pollination contracts
- Wasp / hornet ID calls in late summer (sister LPP)
Not sure what you're seeing? Send a photo to 717-379-3248 — we identify honey bees vs. bumble bees vs. wasps vs. hornets for free, then route the call to whichever side of the family handles it.
Services we provide
Free Swarm Collection
Same-day response on accessible honey bee swarms across Elizabethtown during swarm season (April through early July). Bees collected live and relocated to our managed apiaries. Almost always free.
Live Bee Removal
Live honey bee colony removal from walls, soffits, chimneys, and trees in Elizabethtown. Bees vacuumed alive, comb saved when possible, entry points sealed. Free on-site estimates.
Bumble Bee Relocation
Bumble bee nests in lawns, mulch beds, and under sheds in Elizabethtown — relocated to our apiary, not exterminated.
Raw Local Honey
Raw, unfiltered honey from our Central PA hives — including hives that started as Elizabethtown-area swarms and removals. Pickup at our honey stand at 3502 High St., Harrisburg.
Beekeeping Mentorship
Hands-on first-year mentorship for new Elizabethtown beekeepers, plus ongoing support for established hives. We come to your apiary.
Pollination Services
Seasonal honey bee hive placement for Elizabethtown-area farms and orchards — apples, cherries, blueberries, cucurbits. Limited contracts each season.
We relocate honey bees alive
Honey bees are pollinators worth protecting, so a colony we remove doesn't get killed — it gets relocated. We use bee vacuums that collect the bees alive, save and reuse comb where possible, and the colony goes into one of our hives to keep working. For honey bees, that's almost always a better outcome than a can of spray.
Wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets are a different situation — they're not savable pollinators, and there the right answer is licensed control, not relocation. That's exactly what our sister company Lawns Plants & Pests LLC is for, at the same number, 717-379-3248. One call covers both: honey bees relocated alive, wasps and hornets handled by the licensed crew.
Bees in Elizabethtown?
Call or text 717-379-3248. Photos welcome — we identify free. Same-day response on active swarms.
Call or Text 717-379-3248