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    4.8 (160 reviews)
    Open 6:00 am - 5:30 AM (Next day)

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    Paper wasp

    I am a homeowner and rent out a house. Today, my gardener found a beehive, which turned out to be a paper wasp hive. My tenants were concerned, so I needed to find a bee removal company as soon as possible. The Yelp "Project" page made it easy to contact companies, but I didn't want to spend time scheduling appointments just for a quote. I live half an hour away from the house and couldn't wait for a two-hour window to just get a quote. I needed someone who could start removing it right away. Smiling Bee was the best, most outstanding, and honest (and passionate about bees!). Braulio was so responsive and promised to go take it away ASAP. I sent him a picture and video so he could see what we were talking about. After our phone conversation, Braulio was already at the house and removed the hive in less than half an hour! Smiling Bee also accepts payments by Zelle, which was a big plus. My tenants are happy, and I am happy. I will definitely call him again next time.

    Braulio with honeycomb removed from my wall

    We had a bee hive inside the wall of our salon. Bees are super cool and fascinating but, they needed to be relocated without harming them. I called Braulio to see if he would come take a look at it. It was 8am Thursday morning and he said he could come by at 11am. Our salon was open for business with clients getting services at the time. He feels the walls with his hands and has a good idea of where the hive is, no special tools or gadgets. He said he can remove them right away and from the outside wall so that we wouldn't have to close shop and everybody could continue working. Anyway long story short in 4 hours he had safely removed the hive and patched up the wall. He also sealed off other existing holes with stucco, all it needs now is some paint to look the way it use to. Very reasonable pricing, saved me a bunch from having to find a separate handyman to close up the wall. Fast, friendly efficient and the bees are safe and will be relocated locally just over 10miles from the salon.

    Bee combs

    Braulio is a wonderful person and charged a fair rate. I appreciate him helping me out and hope to visit his place and say hi to my little friends.

    I called Smiling Bee on Friday evening after the tree guys got stung and told me that I have at least 3 hornets nests under the ivy ground cover. Braulio said he can come Saturday morning. After giving me a reasonable quote, he started to work and within 2 hours, dug up 4 hornets nests. He helped me checked other areas in my property as well, to make sure there are no other nests. Also, he said he would guarantee his work should I have any problem. The price he quoted me was a bit higher than another company from Yelp, but the other company only guarantee the work for 3 months. Also, early bird gets the worm. Braulio picked up his phone the fastest and responded to me with texts the earliest. So if you want fast and responsive service, Smiling Bee is the way to go.

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    Great service and great price. Contacted the owner who came the next day and removed the wasp nest.

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    To the rescue, ended up finding another nest. Showed up right away , got the job done within minutes.

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    Timely and great response. Reasonable rate. We called him and he came the very next day and did an amazing job.

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