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There's a whole host of laws and ordinances governing beekeeping. You may even have to register your hive with the state. Don't start without knowing your local
by UrMomReadsHN 12y ago
There's a whole host of laws and ordinances governing beekeeping. You may even have to register your hive with the state. Don't start without knowing your local laws.
http://www.betterbee.com/beekeeping-state-and-federal-laws http://www.betterbee.com/beekeeping-state-and-federal-laws
http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/honeybeechronicles/article/Beekeeping-laws-can-vary-by-ZIP-code-4001410.php http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/honeybeechronicles/artic...
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoMany regulations are to protect bees. In Iowa for instance, its all about registering your apiary to keep pesticides from being sprayed during the day near your hives. But you're not compelled to do anything - you can skip registering and take your chances!
- Qworg 12y agoDefinitely. That said, you can keep bees nearly everywhere. If not, your local group is probably fighting to make it happen.
- Tomte 12y agoFun fact: In German civil law we have four sections on bees: beekeepers got special rights to enter others' properties in order to catch flown-out hives, regulating who owns a new hive that formed by merging two hives of different owners, and so on.
- cerberusss 12y agoAwesome info, thanks for sharing that!
- lultimouomo 12y agoWe have that in Italy as well: there is a section of the civil code that states your right to chase your domesticated animals, but an other one that singles out bees explicitly. Curiously, the section about bees comes before the generic one.