Stingers · SWFL Pest Identifier

Honey Bee (swarm)

Helpful — leave it This one works for you. No treatment needed.

How to identify it

Size

Small (grain of rice)

Where you'll see it

Lawn / garden · Lanai / patio

Looks like

Wasp / bee

Did you know

One worker bee makes about 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime — a swarm is house-hunting, not attacking.

What it means for you

Swarms usually move on within days. A local beekeeper can collect them free — don’t spray pollinators.

Text a photo and a licensed local tech will identify it for free — or run it through the interactive identifier.

Open umbrella-shaped comb under eaves, no paper shell

Organ-pipe or urn-shaped mud tubes on walls

Ground nest — steady traffic in and out of a hole in the yard

Steady bee traffic in and out of one gap in soffit, wall, or meter box

This one works for you — no treatment needed. Not sure it's this species? Text us a photo and a licensed local tech will tell you.