From massive 15-year-old hives buried under firewood to swarms relocating in real-time, our bee removal team has seen it all. Phoenix’s extreme heat and rapid growth create the perfect storm for wild honeybees—and sometimes, what we find is almost unbelievable.
These aren’t stock photos or simulations. These are real removals, recorded in the field by our licensed technicians.
Here are the 10 craziest bee removals we’ve ever captured on video in Phoenix. Some are beautiful. Some are terrifying. All of them are real.
🐝 Top 10 Craziest Bee Removals in Phoenix
You won’t believe how deep this hive goes—layer after layer of old honeycomb buried beneath a massive log pile. Carter’s reaction says it all.
📹 In this jaw-dropping clip, our technician uncovers a hive that may have been active for over a decade. The bees had slowly filled every possible space under the logs, creating a sprawling underground colony packed with honeycomb. It’s one of the biggest wild hives we’ve ever seen—hidden in plain sight.
2. Wild Swarm Buzzing on a Rusted Barrel
An eerie, thunderous swarm blankets an old metal barrel in the Arizona sun. The buzzing is hypnotic—and a little unnerving.
📹 Sometimes, bees settle in the strangest places. This video captures a massive swarm vibrating across a rusted barrel near a backyard wall. You can hear the air hum as thousands of bees pulse around it—a reminder of how quickly a peaceful afternoon can turn into a full-blown swarm call.
3. Live Swarm Release: Bees Choose a New Home
Watch as two full swarms are released into the Arizona desert. Thousands of bees take to the air, spiraling upward before clustering around their queen.
📹 Relocating bees is part art, part science—and this moment captures the magic of both. Our team gently releases two large swarms into a remote desert area. As they rise into the air and begin to spiral, you can see nature’s choreography in action as they regroup around a tree limb and begin to form a new hive naturally.
A large hive hidden under the edge of a Phoenix home. As the eave opens, you see layers of honeycomb and a storm of bees guarding their home.
📹 This is the kind of hive most homeowners don’t know about—until it’s too late. Watch as our tech removes a soffit panel to reveal a fully mature hive tucked inside the eaves. The moment the cover comes off, you see honeycomb cascading downward—and bees protecting every inch of it.
5. Bees Crawling on a Full Hive Wall
Bees completely cover a hive exposed on the side of a wall—hundreds visible in one frame. This is what it looks like when a hive outgrows its hiding place.
📹 The hive was so large that it began to break through the wall—forcing a full-scale emergency removal. This clip shows the moment we uncover the exposed structure, with bees blanketing the comb in thick, buzzing layers. It’s a visual overload, and a reminder of how fast a small hive can become a massive one.
6. Hive Inside a Cell Tower (Yes, Really)
One of our strangest removals: bees had taken over a Phoenix-area cell tower. Inside the steel housing, they built a hive where signal meets swarm.
📹 Signal strength: 5 bars. Bee presence: 10,000 strong. This rare job brought us inside a cell tower’s base where honeybees had quietly built a full hive out of sight. The footage gives you a surreal look at a place where bees and technology collide—literally.
7. Massive Swarm Released on Remote Tree
A peaceful but surreal clip of a full swarm being gently released onto a desert tree. Bees fill the air before calmly clustering around a branch.
📹 Capturing the quieter side of bee work, this clip shows a swarm being introduced to a new home deep in the desert. No chaos—just clouds of bees floating upward, scanning for pheromones, and ultimately forming a golden cluster on a shady branch.
8. Live Removal with Bee Vacuum in Tree
Watch a technician use a specialized vacuum to remove a small tree swarm live—gentle, precise, and oddly satisfying.
📹 When bees settle in exposed spots like trees, the removal must be quick but careful. This video shows our tech using a soft-suction bee vacuum to collect a small swarm without harming them—just another day in the field for our Phoenix team.
9. Technician Shows Honeycomb Behind Him on a Roof
High above a home, one of our technicians reveals a stunning amount of honeycomb hidden beneath roofing material.
📹 This POV clip takes you right onto the roof with us. As the tech pulls back insulation and reveals the hive, you can see the golden honeycomb built between layers of wood and tar paper. It’s a clean, close look at how bees make themselves at home—anywhere.
10. Honeycomb Revealed Inside Stucco Wall
A close-up look at a full hive hidden inside a home’s wall. The technician removes a piece of stucco, revealing golden honeycomb and active bees inside.
📹 Bees had been coming and going from a small hole in the wall—but what was inside shocked even us. As our tech peels away the stucco, you get a front-row seat to the moment honeycomb and bees pour into view. He even pulls a piece out to show it glistening with fresh nectar.
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If you’re seeing bee activity around your home—don’t wait until it becomes a full-blown hive. Whether it’s a small swarm or a massive colony like the ones in these videos, our licensed experts at Bee Removal Phoenix are here to help.
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