Charlotte Ekker Wiggins, left, and David Draker, right, invited to capture a swarm 2014 on private property. The swarm was successfully moved to Charlotte Ekker Wiggins' Bluebird Gardens Apiary. (Photo by Emily Brown)
Swarm Catching List 2019
Swarming season usually begins mid-April and can continue through summer. This list is provided for information only; contact listed individuals for additional information including fees.
Unless specified, beekeepers do not do construction including removing walls to access bees, or repairing walls after bees have been removed. Those services need to be coordinated separately with a contractor.
Standard mileage rates to reimburse beekeepers are 50 cents a mile one way or $1/mile round trip.
No one beekeeper has an exclusive territory so if one person doesn't respond, try another one.
These are beekeepers who have attended a Rolla Bee Club meeting at least once a year this past year and requested to have their names and contact information posted:
1. Rolla
David Draker (573) 578-0561
Tom Miller (573) 465-8467
Charlotte Wiggins (573) 466-3750
2. Around Mid-Missouri
Mike Miller (904) 200-0249
Jessie Scrivner-Gunn (573) 465-5001
3. Cuba
Sonny Bright (573) 241-5603
4. Licking
Mitch Edgerton (573) 612-5949 (weekends only)
5. Richland
Rick Compton (573) 765-0189
Butch Ferguson (573) 433-1904
6. Steeleville
Tom Smailys (816) 225-4703
7. Waynesville
Alice Bischoff (573) 528-0592
Butch Ferguson (573) 433-1904