Regulations Impacting Beekeepers
Regulations Impacting Beekeepers
Before keeping bees or placing hives, prospective beekeepers should learn about their state and local regulations. Be sure to check the laws by contacting your local Extension office or agriculture section of your state government websites.
Before keeping bees or placing hives, prospective beekeepers should learn their state and local regulations.
State Regulations
Various states require all beekeepers to register their apiary locations, a policy in place mainly to allow inspections and prevent the spread of bee diseases and parasites. There may also be laws and regulations in your state that deal with the packaging and labeling of your honey for sale.
Local Regulations
Local beekeeping regulations (boroughs, towns, cities, etc.) mostly pertain to nuisance issues.
Regulation Resources
Use the Apiary Inspectors of America (see Resources) to look up the regulations for the state and municipality where you want to have your apiary. From there, you can find your state's Beekeeping Association website or go directly to Pennsylvania's Beekeeping Association website (see Resources).
Within your state's page, you can click on the county in which you live and you will find a website specifically for that county as well as contact information for your county Beekeeping Association representative.
Additional Factors: Urban and Suburban Settings
If you plan to keep bees in an urban or suburban setting, you should consider these additional factors:
- Select a hybrid strain that has been bred for gentleness.
- Provide a source of water nearby to keep bees out of neighboring yards, swimming pools, and bird baths.
- Keep hives away from playgrounds, clotheslines, and other houses.
- It is recommended that you build a fence along any bee travel corridors at least 6 feet high to reduce the chance of human encounters.
- Consider your neighbors when manipulating and examining hives. Work the bees on warm, sunny days. Use smoke efficiently, and employ good swarm-management techniques.
Lesson List
- Bee Food Duration:
- .8 Check Your Learning Duration:
- 7. Sweeten the Deal Duration:
- 6. Be a Fair Weather Friend Duration:
- 5. Manage Swarming Duration:
- 4. Create a Local "Watering Hole" Duration:
- 3. Mean Bees Are Bad Bees Duration:
- 2. Happy Bees Are Good Bees Duration:
- 1. Fences or Hedges Make Good Neighbors Duration:
- 3.7 Bee a Good Neighbor! Duration:
- How to Deliver Food Duration:
- What to Feed Your Bees Duration:
- When to Feed Your Bees Duration:
- 3.2 What Kind of Bees Should I Get? Duration:
- 3.6 How to Feed Bees Duration:
- Approaching the Hive Duration:
- 3.5 Working with the Bees Duration:
- Regulations Impacting Beekeepers Duration:
- 3.4 Where to Put Hives Duration:
- Swarms Duration:
- Nucs and Hives Duration:
- How to Install Package Bees Duration:
- 3.3 Where to Get Your Bees Duration:
- Other Strains Duration:
- Carniolan Bees Duration:
- Italian Bees Duration:
Teachers Info
Bee doctor
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