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Bee control in Tennessee

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Bees in Tennessee: what to know

Around Tennessee

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

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 Tennessee: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which bees actually live in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee

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…
Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) — Social native bees; 'Nests are initiated by a single female (queen) in the spring' in 'a small cavity like an abandoned rodent burrow' (WSU). They 'can sting multiple times; sti…

When bees are busiest in Tennessee

April–June carpenter bee nesting and spring honey bee swarms.

TDA and UT Extension are preparing 'if Africanized honey bees are found in Tennessee'; 'Wild colonies should be avoided and reported to your county extension agent or the State Apiarist.'

Rules that apply in Tennessee

For context, nationally

788 deaths (an average of 72 deaths per year) — Sting deaths, hornets/wasps/bees, 2011–2021. CDC MMWR
84% — Share of sting deaths among males, 2011–2021. CDC MMWR

Sources: CDC MMWR; Honey Bee Colonies (August 2026); Carpenter Bees; Apidae: Bumble Bees (Bombus spp.) — Hortsense. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Bee control in Tennessee

Bees in Tennessee: what to know

Around Tennessee

What to note

A useful next step

Bees in Tennessee: what the public record shows

Bee species recorded in Tennessee

When bees are busiest in Tennessee

Rules that apply in Tennessee

For context, nationally

Explore Tennessee cities

Bartlett

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Chattanooga

Clarksville

Cleveland

Collierville

Franklin

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Jackson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Knoxville

Memphis

Murfreesboro

Nashville

Smyrna

Germantown

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