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Attachment D <br />MODEL BEEKEEPING ORDINANCE <br />prepared by the <br />Minnesota Hobby Beekeepers Association <br />This model ordinance is.not intended to be adopted without legal review by counsel representing the <br />jurisdiction considering it. Like any proposed ordinance, it must be reconciled with existing ordinances <br />and may be revised to fit community standazds and needs. Our purpose in advancing the model ordinance <br />is to offer a document with the apicultural framework we believe will enable hobbyist and sideliner <br />beekeepers to safely and successfiilly pursue this. pleasurable and economically, culturally and <br />agriculturally critical activity in urban and suburban areas. <br />WHEREAS, honey bees lapis mellifera) are of benefit to mankind, and to Minnesota in <br />particular, by providing agriculture, fruit and garden po~linztiori services and by <br />furnishing honey, and other useful products; and . <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota is among the leading states in honey production and agricultural <br />by products associated with beekeeping throughout the United States; and <br />WHEREAS, domestic strains of honey bees have been selectively bred for desirable <br />traits, including gentleness, honey production, tendency not to swarm and non-aggressive <br />behavior, characteristics which aze desirable to foster and maintain; and <br />WHEREAS, gentle strains of honey bees can be maintained within populated azeas in <br />reasonable densities without causing a nuisance if the bees. are properly located and <br />carefully managed; <br />NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained and enacted by <br />Section 1. Preamble Adopted. <br />That the findings contained in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby adopted as a part <br />J . of this ordinance. <br />Section 2. Definitions. <br />As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the meanings asczibed in <br />this section unless the context of their usage indicates another usage. <br />2.1 "Apiary" means the assembly of one or more colonies of honey bees at a <br />..single location. <br />2.2 "Beekeeper" means a person who owns or has charge of one or more <br />colonies of honey bees. <br />2.3 "Beekeeping equipment" means anything used iri the operation of an . . <br />apiary, such as hive bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom boards and <br />` extractors. <br />Page 1 of S <br />