Around Arkansas
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local bee information
Bee control in Arkansas
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Bees in Arkansas: what to know
What to note
Where you see bees, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Bees in Arkansas: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which bees actually live in Arkansas, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
2005
Africanized honey bee arrival in Arkansas
'There have been about twenty positive locations verified in Arkansas since 2005.'
Arkansas Department of AgricultureMiller, Lafayette, Clark, Columbia, Bradley, Nevada, Faulkner, Baxter, Howard and Union counties
Counties with positive AHB finds
Mostly southern and central Arkansas; 'Fifty two traps are currently in Arkansas' along the Oklahoma and Louisiana borders.
Arkansas Department of AgricultureBee species recorded in Arkansas
- Western honey bee (European honey bee) (Apis mellifera) — Managed colonies are surveyed by USDA NASS in the listed states; swarms leave hives in spring and move into wall voids, chimneys, and trees. If a colony is killed and not remove…
- Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata hybrids) — Visually indistinguishable from European honey bees; far more defensive and swarm more often. 'They entered Texas in 1990, Arizona and New Mexico in 1993, and California in 1994…
- Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) — Large black-and-yellow bee with a shiny bare abdomen that bores round, about 1/2-inch tunnels into unpainted softwood trim, decks, fascia and railings. 'There is only one specie…
When bees are busiest in Arkansas
Spring swarms; carpenter bees active April–June.
UAEX: 'Report suspected colonies of Africanized honey bees do NOT attempt to remove or destroy the hive' — contact the Apiary Section of the Arkansas State Plant Board.
Rules that apply in Arkansas
For context, nationally
Sources: Arkansas Department of Agriculture; CDC MMWR; Honey Bee Colonies (August 2026); African Honey Bee, Africanized Honey Bee, Killer Bee (EENY-429 / IN790); Carpenter Bees. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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