Swarm Rescue Information and Guidelines

Before proceeding, please note that swarm rescue is entirely at the risk of the parties involved.By engaging anyone from the swarm list, or by requesting that you be included on the list, you are agreeing to indemnify the Rhode Island Beekeepers Association for any claims that might arise from anything you might do in connection with a swarm rescue.Some members of the Rhode Island Beekeepers Association are available to help anyone else catch and hive honeybee swarms.Please note that the members whose names are on the swarm list have asked to be included. While the list is maintained by Rhode Island Beekeepers Association as a service to the community, including local police and fire departments pest management companies, and to help non-members become familiar and comfortable with bees and beekeeping, Rhode Island Beekeepers Association does not recommend or endorse any particular person for any particular job, or for the swarm rescue in general.Rhode Island Beekeepers Association Members included on this list have met the following three criteria as per Rhode Island Beekeepers Association Policy:

1. They have been a Rhode Island Beekeepers Association member in good standing for at least two years;
2. They have kept bees for at least two years;
3. They have some experience catching swarms.

If you wish to be included on the swarm list, please reference the three criteria above, then send your request to the RI Beekeepers Association, PO Box 61, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 02818. Any complaints brought against any member on the swarm list will be reviewed by the Executive Board, which shall have the authority to suspend said member from the Swarm List for up to two years.

Swarm List

Names marked by an asterisk (*) have notified the Association that they are also able to remove colonies from structures such as houses, barns, sheds, etc., where the colony is not simply a swarm, but an established brood-rearing colony. Usually, some construction expertise is required to accomplish this. All construction costs will be subject to a separate agreement between the owner and the person removing the colony.

Areas Covered	Name	Phone	Email (if provided)
Barrington	Jake White*	(401) 935-4487
Barrington, Warren, Bristol, East Providence	Dane Pursley	401-862-3121	danepursely@gmail.com
Barrington, Warren, Providence	Brian Wood	401-258-7647
Newport, Jamestown, Middletown	Bob Walker	(401) 300-6766	baseballrid2@aol.com
Tiverton, Little Compton	Susan Medyn	781-789-1236	smedyn@me.com
Tiverton, Little Compton	David Formanek	781-910-8610	formanex@cox.net
Tiverton, Little Compton, Westport	Blakely Szosz	401-573-8824	Blakelydesign39@gmail.com
Burrillville	Betty Mencucci	(401) 568-8449 or (401) 500-0433
Woonsocket, Statewide	Jon Nelson*	(401)649-8152	BNelsonapiaries@gmail.com
East Providence, Providence, Seekonk	Jane Dennison	(401) 374-9105
Woonsocket	Norman Peloquin	(401) 765-8424 or (401) 374-1608
North Smithfield	John Moore	(401) 766-3666 or (401) 641-4656
North Smithfield	Jacob Pignolet	401-309-5295
Providence	Cindy Holt	(401) 595-6668	HoltCindy@gmail.com
Providence, Warwick, Cranston, West Warwick, Coventry	Peter Grybas	(401) 286-7994	Jehepe@icloud.com
Scituate	Bob Barnes		bbarnes5@cox.net
Northern RI, Smithfield	Chuck Wood	(401) 935-5414
Warwick and Statewide	Roger Robataille*	(401) 378-3578
West Greenwich	Mike Nolan	(401) 837-6440 or (401) 397-4595
North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Exeter	Ben Hodgson	(401) 569-1123	ben.t.hodgson@gmail.com
South Kingstown, Jamestown, Narragansett, Richmond, Exeter and North Kingstown	Steve Burke*	(401) 226-6760	steve@stephenhburkelaw.com
Narragansett, Saunderstown and Jamestown	Linda Musch	401-787-5116	Linda_musch@verizon.net
Wakefield, SK, NK, Kingston, Jamestown	Patrick McCarthy	401-662-6334	Patrick.m.mccarthy@gmail.com
Wakefield/South Kingstown	Kate Hummell-Callahan	(401) 524-7758	1beechick@gmail.com
Charlestown, South Kingstown, Narragansett, Westerly, Richmond	Sara Michaud	(401) 932-5124	BeeHappyHomestead@gmail.com
Charlestown, Westerly, Hopkinton, Richmond, South Kingstown, Narragansett, Exeter, North Kingstown	Chris Gorham*	(401) 644-8319	cgorham511@gmail.com
Washington and Kent Counties	Robert Weinreich	(401)741-4112	weinsy@verizon.net
Aquidneck Island, Charlestown	Nate Godfrey	(401) 225-0518