Bee Removal in Hutto, Texas

Hutto is the Hippo Capital of Texas, which is the kind of title that demands explanation and somehow gets more charming the more you learn about it. The town's concrete hippo statues, painted in every conceivable theme and scattered across the city like a public art project that got wonderfully out of hand, are a legacy of a real hippo that escaped a circus here in 1915. The bees in Hutto are less historically significant but equally present, and Honey Bee Rescue provides professional live removal throughout this fast-growing community northeast of Round Rock.

Hutto has transformed from a quiet farming town into one of the fastest-growing cities in the Austin metro, with new subdivisions arriving at a pace that would make the original hippo dizzy. This rapid development pushes into former agricultural land where feral bee colonies have been established for years, and those colonies do not disappear just because a neighborhood appears. They adapt, sending scouts to investigate the fresh construction, and before long, bees have moved into a wall void, a chimney chase, or the space behind stone veneer on a home that was finished three months ago.

New Construction, Old Bee Habits

Even brand-new homes in Hutto are not immune to bee colonization. Modern construction relies on weep holes for moisture management in brick and stone facades, and those weep holes are exactly the size a honey bee needs to enter a wall cavity. Once inside, the colony builds comb in the warm, protected space and grows through the season. Honey Bee Rescue performs full structural removals, extracting the colony alive, removing all comb, and sealing the entry points to prevent recolonization.

We also capture the swarms that appear throughout Hutto every spring, hanging from tree branches, fence posts, playground equipment, and yes, occasionally from the concrete hippos. Every colony we remove is relocated to a managed apiary. We are TDA licensed, fully insured, and we think Hutto's commitment to decorative hippos is delightful. Call (214) 227-7562 for a free estimate, and we will add your bee removal to our list of Hutto adventures.