Around Indiana
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 Indiana
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Bees in Indiana: 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 Indiana: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which bees actually live in Indiana, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Bee species recorded in Indiana
- 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…
- 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…
- Rusty patched bumble bee (federally endangered) (Bombus affinis) — 'listed as federally endangered in 2017' (USFWS). States listed are those named in the Xerces Society range description; Xerces reports the species 'declined from an estimated 8…
When bees are busiest in Indiana
Carpenter bees drill 'during May and June' and 'emerge again in April and May' (Purdue).
Purdue: tunnels are 'approximately ½ inch in diameter' and run '6 – 8 inches' with the grain; 'structural damage only occurs after many years'. Painting, pressure treating, or varnishing is the best prevention.
Rules that apply in Indiana
For context, nationally
Sources: CDC MMWR; Honey Bee Colonies (August 2026); Carpenter Bees; Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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