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INDIAN RIVER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER http://irrec.ifas.ufl.edu
FORT LAUDERDALE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu
 

Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory http://fmel.ifas.ufl.edu

  Last update: 05/16/2008 This page is maintained by Dan Culbert 

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Links to more AHB information: 

UF/IFAS African Honeybee Extension Program Home Page

Featured Creature UF/IFAS webpage: Africanized Honeybee

Florida Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services - African Honey Bee page

View Video on-line: Africanized Bees: Coping With the Challenge  Length: 23:30

USDA Invasive Species Information Center

Brevard County Extension ABH webpage

News Releases:

Bee Proofing your Florida Yard  Okeechobee News 4/21/2008 and Okeechobee Times 4/24/2008 

Bee aware: Look, listen, run  Okeechobee News, 4/17/2008

Information about Africanized Honeybees Okeechobee Co. Sheriff's office 4/12/2008

Local man dies after bee attack  Okeechobee News, 4/12/2008

Okeechobee County Man Stung By Bees Dies  Florida Dept. of Agriculture (press release) 4/11/2008

Training Programs

Contact this office if your company need group training or can use copies of training materials offered by UF.

A training program was held at Highlands County Extension office in Sebring on Tuesday April 29, 2008.  Call 863-402-6540

UF/IFAS Okeechobee Extension & FDACS/DPI held training programs on Africanized Honeybees (AHB) in Okeechobee County on 4/15/ 2008 &  4/17/2008. Archived program flyer: OkeechobeeAHB.Training4.15.2008.pdf 

 

Local Bee Removal Professionals

UF/IFAS Okeechobee Extension Service does not endorse or recommend any of these vendors over any other. These professionals have requested that they be listed here as a service to the community.  If you know of other licensed and trained professionals that work in the Okeechobee area and should be listed here, please have them contact the webmaster. Because of the rural nature of our community, removal costs may be higher because of the distance from the removal companies to this county. 

Alpine Bee Farms  -  Ronnie Sharpton  - Palm City  

1-800-668-6602
DAD's Pest Control   -   Dennis & Shawna Dunn - Okeechobee

863-467-8707    or   561-644-2950
Pioneer Pest Control - Fred Goudey - Okeechobee 

1- 800-334-6917 x 200
Willie the Bee Man - Miami   

Ask for Andre at:  1-877-633-BEES 

Bureau of Plant & Apiary Inspection (FDACS/DPI) The Florida Department of Agriculture regulates beekeepers and licenses persons who have beehives.  Details are available on their webpage: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/plantinsp/apiary/apiary.html 

The Department maintains a state list of companies that have both Pest Control licenses AND have received training in bee removal.  Click here to download the  Nest/Swarm Removal Contact List .  This list is for reference purposes only. (It is an Excel file – select individual county pages at bottom left.)  Note: Please contact our office if you can not download or open this Spreadsheet file.  
Local  (District 12)  FDACS Apiary Inspector:
John Bastinelli
 bastiaj@doacs.state.fl.us
5800 Airport Rd, Ste #4  Sebring, FL 33870-4864
Phone: 863-655-6415     Alternate Phone: 863-441-4833     Fax: 863-655-6416