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Members willing to remove swarms

Seneca IL

Marseilles, IL

Marseilles, IL

Robin Smith

R & P Carriages

815-357-3292   9-5 M-S

815-228-3560  after hours

robin@needatrailer.com

Marseilles, IL

Marseilles, IL

Marseilles, IL

Tom Malone

815-210-4604

Marseilles, Il 





Tiskilwa, Il

Marseilles, IL

Tiskilwa, Il

John Sims

815-646-4810 or 815-303-4812

Tiskilwa - johnstree.lawncare@frontier.com

Morris, Il

Earlville / Mendota

Tiskilwa, Il

Steve Butler

815-474-3134

Morris - butler.stephen@sbcglobal.net


Rick Shouse

815-685-3038

Morris - shouse.rick@yahoo.com

LaSalle/Peru

Earlville / Mendota

Earlville / Mendota

Warren Norris

815-228-3330

LaSalle - stateboyw@hotmail.com

Earlville / Mendota

Earlville / Mendota

Earlville / Mendota

David Bickett

815-246-9395

Earlville - dcbickett@yahoo.com


Robert Godawa

815-539-6452

Mendota - rgodawa@aol.com

Dayton/Norway

Peoria - Pekin Area

Peoria - Pekin Area

Chris Robinson

630-391-2578

 Robins.m.Christopher@gmail.com 


Peoria - Pekin Area

Peoria - Pekin Area

Peoria - Pekin Area

Heart of Illinois Beekeepers Assoc.

President - Sean Rennau  312-217-9274

 https://hoibees.org/swarms/

Fill out this form on line if you have a swarm

Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/hoibees

you can post your swarm on this page


Orion, IL

Peoria - Pekin Area

Morris, IL

 Robert Essary

Orion, IL 

 1-309-236-3533 



Morris, IL

Sangamon Area near Springfield

Morris, IL

Mike Lawyer

Morris, IL 

 1-779-435-9441

michael.lawyer@gmail.com



Bloomington/Normal Area

Sangamon Area near Springfield

Sangamon Area near Springfield

Central IL Beekeepers Assoc. - CIBA

Cibabees@gmail.com - contact

Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/Central-Eastern-Illinois-Beekeeping-Association-416761008418015/

You can post your swarm on this page.



Sangamon Area near Springfield

Sangamon Area near Springfield

Sangamon Area near Springfield


 Sangamon valley beekeepers association 


 Don Miller

 otiefam@yahoo.com 







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Difference between Bees & Hornets

This is a Honey Bee Swarm

This is a yellow jacket nest

This is a yellow jacket nest

Honey bees make a tight cluster to keep the Queen Warm and fed.  It can be large or small.


This shows a picture of a swarm of bees.  They can be on a fence, in a tree, on the front of your house.  They land there until they locate a new home.

This is a yellow jacket nest

This is a yellow jacket nest

This is a yellow jacket nest

Yellow Jackets do not swarm like honey bees - they make a paper nest


This shows you a picture of a yellow jacket nest - they do not swarm.

Chart that shows differences

This is a yellow jacket nest

Chart that shows differences


Female Honey bees and Bumble Bees and Wasps will not sting unless they feel they are in Danger. 


Hornets Sting at will - 


Male Wasps and Honey bees do not have a stinger and cannot sting.  Male Carpenter bees also lack a stinger.  The males are the one with the white dot on their forehead.


The tab shows you the difference between them

Chart showing wasp, hornet, bumble bee, & honey bee

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