Once the bees are no longer present, we can remove the remaining honeycomb, wax, honey and debris from your chimney and sweep the flue.
This includes up to one hour to remove the bee nest material and sweep the chimney.
If the removal takes longer than one hour, additional time is charged at £40 + VAT per 15 minutes.
If bees have been living in your chimney, removing them doesn’t remove what they’ve left behind.
Honeycomb, wax, honey and other material can remain inside the flue, restricting or blocking it.
Once the bees are no longer present, we can remove the remaining nest material, clear the blockage and sweep the chimney.
Please note: We don’t remove live bees. Before booking with us, you’ll need to arrange for the bees to be removed and ask the person carrying out the removal when they expect the bees to be completely gone. We can attend once there are no longer bees in the chimney.
The bees must no longer be present in the chimney before we can carry out the removal.
If you’re arranging for someone to remove the bees, ask them how long it will take for the bees to be completely gone and be guided by their advice before arranging our visit.
We wouldn’t advise lighting a fire to try to clear the nest material. Honeycomb, wax and honey need to be physically removed from the flue before the chimney is swept.
Our bee nest removal service includes:
Removal of honeycomb, wax, honey and other nest material
Clearing the material so that it is no longer blocking the flue
Sweeping the chimney once the nest material has been removed
Advice on anything else we identify while carrying out the work
The work is carried out using specialist chimney-sweeping and removal equipment.
We can remove the nest material so that it is no longer blocking the flue, but it isn’t possible to remove every trace of honey and wax.
Honey and wax are sticky, so some residue will inevitably remain attached to the sides of the chimney where it cannot be removed using chimney-cleaning equipment.
We will remove as much of the material as possible, clear the blockage and sweep the chimney.
We’ve been professionally sweeping and maintaining chimneys since 1980.
Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps members
HETAS Approved Chimney Sweeps
Trading Standards Approved through Buy With Confidence
£5 million public liability insurance
Decades of experience dealing with unusual chimney blockages
Our founder, Bil Wight, established the Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps and authored the City & Guilds Chimney Sweeping Qualification.
If the bees are no longer present, we can remove the remaining honeycomb, wax, honey and nest material and sweep the chimney.
Birds frequently use chimneys as sheltered nesting sites. A nest may partly or completely obstruct the flue, preventing smoke and combustion gases from escaping safely and introducing twigs, feathers, insects
