Beekeeping is legal across Williamson County, but Tennessee requires every beekeeper to register apiaries with the Department of Agriculture, renewed every three years. Brentwood allows hives only on three-acre lots; other areas are more open.
Keeping honey bees is lawful throughout Williamson County, and the county's long growing season and diverse flora support it well. Statewide, the Tennessee Apiary Act requires every beekeeper to register each apiary location with the state Department of Agriculture, renewing at least every three years, with new yards registered within thirty days. Local placement rules vary: Brentwood groups bees with farm animals and allows them only on lots of at least three acres, while unincorporated and agricultural land is far more accommodating. Good practice, and often local rule, is a setback from property lines, a flyway barrier, and a nearby water source so bees don't range to a neighbor's pool.
Failing to register apiaries is enforced by the Department of Agriculture. Keeping hives where lot size or setbacks do not allow, or a colony that becomes a documented nuisance, draws a local correction order.
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