Bee Happy Solutions

We had a swarm of bees in a tree on our street recently when Alice’s husband and son happened to be driving by, noticed, and called mom. She came by right away and within a few hours had all the bees safely escorted to her hives near the Ashby BART station. Us neighbors got to watch closely while she climbed up a ladder and guided them, then separated out the queen for safe keeping. It’s amazing; you can get right near the bees when they’re swarming like this and they don’t even think of stinging you. It’s great to be able to help save the bees this way!

Alice is a lifesaver– she is so patient and knowledgeable and helpful. She took the time to help us catch a swarm and inspect our bees– and she helped me learn how to extract the honey with simple kitchen tools– it’s been amazing learning from her and I’d recommend anyone keeping bees to hire her to help you learn how to inspect your bees!

We used Alice to remove a hive of bees in our wall on the outside of our home. She came in, gently removed every single solitary bee, the beautiful hives, and our problem was resolved without using poisons or destroying the hives. It was the right thing to do, honey bee populations are dwindling at a rapid rate. We didn’t feel right about killing something that is so vital to our ecosystem. Highly recommend her. It was pricey, but worth it.

I had a swarm of bees move into the walls my house between floors. After living with them for almost a year, I found Alice of Bee Happy Solutions who was able to remove the swarm and hive from my house for a fair price.
Alice is a jill-​of-​all-​trades– beekeeper, educator, handyma’am… She identified where the bees were, developed a plan and removed them with minimal mess to my house and minimal harm to the bees. She does careful work and really cares about the bees. Our hive was pretty extensive and Alice really made sure that most of the bees survived the removal process. She even made her own bee vacuum that collects the bees and deposits them in a screen cage.
Alice is very personable and enthusiastic about her work and interested in learning from every job. We had a good time while she was working at my house!
I highly recommend Alice for your beekeeping solutions!

Alice sells a bee attractant for catching swarms that she makes herself from natural essential oils. It works great! As a local beekeeper, I have been catching and hiving swarms for 6 years and this is the easiest way to do it. I use a paper mache swarm catcher and put a few drops of the oils inside the catcher, and had a swarm in my garden go into it immediately like a genie going into a bottle! If you are a beekeeper this stuff has been magic for me! I highly recommend it, instead of climbing ladders and having to cut difficult branches. Go Alice! It’s natural too.