Wes loves bees and he recently took this love to the next level.

The Ulladulla resident will come to your property and remove a swarm of bees that may be causing some concern.

Talk to Wes and you will learn all sorts of fascinating facts - like did you know bees work on a democratic system?

They are so interesting and it's no wonder Wes has got the bee bug.

Every story has a beginning and Wes' starts when he was at boarding school.

"I've always wanted bees since I was a kid. I just always liked the idea of getting honey," Wes said.

At boarding school (down in the Leeton/Yanco area) Wes used to see the bees out front of the property.

"We were always hungry at boarding school and we wanted the honey but we never got near them," he said.

"I also was a bit scared of bees for a long time."

As he grew up Wes still had a fascination with bees and finally did something about his attraction.

He started talking about bees about six months ago with a workmate who had kept bees and started some research.

"A lot of YouTube videos, a lot of books and stuff and one thing led to another and I'm just hooked now," he said

Wes has three hives at the moment but wants to get more.

The bees he has come from swarms he gathered and relocated to his Ulladulla backyard.

Talk to the passionate Wes and you soon learn just how fascinating bees are and that their swarms are quite the complicated thing.

"The story about the swarm - well coming into spring they form what is called a reproductive swarm," Wes said

"They outgrow their nest, they sort of start reproducing and they get too big for their space."

Wes said the bees then make a new queen cell and feed their new matriarch just royal jelly.

Then we have as bee transfer of power.

"Before that one hatches (the one on the new cell) generally the main queen, the first queen will leave the nest with about half the workers which are like 10,000 workers say and drones and everyone.

"They will leave the nest and I'll go generally within 100 metres away, usually near the nest or very close to it.

"Then what I do is they will send out 300 to 500 scouts and they will go looking for a potential new home.

"So I'll just sit there in a cluster - a cluster that goes cold just - cools down.

"They're all gorged with honey because they fill up on honey before they leave.

"They're generally pretty docile because with bees when you get stung it's usually because they are protecting their home.

"These ones don't have a home yet so they just sort of they're pretty good to handle," he says with a laugh.

Sure it may not be the Westminster System but the bee swarm members get to vote on a potential new home.

"What they'll do is they'll send out scouts to all different directions," Wes said.

"Now they will find a home a potential home come back to the swarm and I'll do a dance. The more vigour of the dance and the longer they do it, the better the potential home is.

"Other bees watch it (the dance) and now go to view that place."

Wes said for a creature with a tiny brain the process is quite complex.

The queen then inspects the potential home.

"So when they first go to a place she'll inspect it. She will go in for about a minute come out and go back in and fly around the space," the bee lover said.

The new home needs to be the right size to store enough honey, around 40 to 60 litres according to Wes.

"It has to have the right size hole, has to face the right direction and that's what they're looking for," he said.

"They'll gauge whether it's good or not. If it's not good they won't do a dance they'll just go look elsewhere.

"If it's alright they will do a dance but they might do sort of a half-hearted dance.

"They will go to a home that's not desirable."

Sometimes when they are looking for a new home the bees come close or even in where humans live.

This is where Wes comes in - he can save the bees and protect humans at the same time.

"I got three calls the other day about swarms going into houses," Wes said.

One swarm found a cavity in a house and set up home for three weeks.

"Once they're in there they're hard to get out," he said.

"There are ways to get them like traps or cut them out," he said.

One thing he wants to avoid is killing the bees or leaving hives with honey inside wall which attracts vermin.

When he sees the scouts buzzing around a place, like a residential area after a call, Wes will leave one of his hives, hoping the bees go into it.

His recent Facebook and Gumtree posts have seen him become the man to call when you have troublesome bees.

" I think it's been a good year for swarms this year and there have been lots of calls," he said.

"A lot of people have come to me with problems swarms and even just people with bees themselves that have swarmed and they don't want or need them have called."

He hopes to build his total up from three boxes to 10."

His love may one day become a profession.

"I don't know where this is going," he said.

"It's a hobby I started and I love it."

Wes is happy to be known around the area as Wes the Bee Man.

Call Wes on 0417 068 154 for help with swarms in the Milton and Ulladulla area.

Wes agrees that without bees there would be no us (people).

"They pollinate, and I'm not sure what the exact figure is, but it's like three-quarters of the crops or something like that of the food we eat," he said.

"We need bees and it may just be an insect and you wouldn't think it but they play such a vital role in human life."

Bees give us more than honey.

Wes said you can make numerous things from the wax and honey, which includes medicines, cosmetics and even alcohol.

"We all should have bees," he said.

"I haven't been stung recently but yeah I have been stung. I think to be a beekeeper you have to be stung," Wes said

He added being stung was all part of the learning experience and stressed you need to treat bees with respect.

"There are times when you shouldn't go into a hive when it's cold. Nice, sunny, warm days are what they like and don't make any sudden movements," he said.

"Use a bit of smoke, treat them with respect and you'll be okay."

Luckily for Wes, he does not have an allergic reaction to the bee sting.