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Beekeeping regulations by state

Local beekeeping rules, jurisdiction by jurisdiction: hive limits, setbacks, registration, and the places where beekeeping is prohibited outright. Every entry links to the code it came from.

Read this first. These are convenience summaries compiled from public codes. Rules change, and this is not legal advice. Always confirm with your city or county and the official code before keeping bees.

One state published so far, covering 512 jurisdictions. More are being added as each code platform is indexed.

Every entry is read against the jurisdiction’s own published code, cited to the section it comes from, and corrected when it turns out to be wrong. How we verify these pages, and the mistakes we look for ›