Wyoming, MI Animal Ordinances: Beekeeping (2026)

Wyoming Code of Ordinances § 50-132(b), adopted by Ord. No. 2-24 § 3 (4-15-24), groups bees with a list of non-pet, non-service animals barred from dwellings and dwelling lots: no horse, cow, calf, swine, sheep, goat, chickens, bees, pigeons, geese, ducks, rabbits, or protected wild animal (other than a miniature horse trained as a service animal) may be kept in a dwelling, and none of those animals or bees may be kept on the same lot or premises as a dwelling, except under conditions prescribed by the code official so the keeping does not constitute a nuisance or a health or safety hazard to neighbors or property.

That makes beekeeping a discretionary, official-approved activity rather than a by-right use anywhere a dwelling sits, including single-family residential lots. Subsection (a) sets the general backdrop: except as otherwise allowed in the chapter, no person may possess, keep, harbor, or allow to be kept on any premises any animal other than a pet animal or a service animal, so an apiary needs to fit within the code official's prescribed-conditions carve-out to be lawful at all. Subsection (c) exempts bees and the other listed animals only when brought onto a premises as part of a city-sponsored or city-consented educational program or special event, which does not cover a permanent residential hive. This is Wyoming, Michigan's own Kent County ordinance, distinct from any beekeeping rule in neighboring Grand Rapids, Kentwood or Kent County townships.