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Title: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: Robo on February 17, 2009, 09:54:53 AM

Seems like beekeeping is illegal in NYC. I've added a letter I received from a beekeeper in NYC looking for help, to my website.

http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: JP on February 17, 2009, 10:24:23 AM

Thanks Rob! We should all sign this petition, I did. Thanks again Rob for making this available on your website.

...JP

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: KONASDAD on February 17, 2009, 12:19:52 PM

signed it. I was recently given a jar of "roof top honey" made in NYC as a gift. ironically, it was bought in the berkshires of new england in a jam shop owned by the beeks wife

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: annette on February 17, 2009, 12:47:57 PM

I signed it. Boy I read about a beekeeper in New York that gets 200 lbs of honey from each of his hives. There must be a lot of forage for the bees out there.

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: BeeHopper on February 17, 2009, 01:27:36 PM

Done :-D

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: vermmy35 on February 17, 2009, 06:40:48 PM

signed it since if it could happen there I could happen here in Chicago :'(

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: rast on February 17, 2009, 07:00:51 PM

Done. Hope it helps.

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: steveb on February 17, 2009, 07:51:05 PM

Done. Best of luck.

We (our local organization) have a hearing at a local city council tonight as some people want to outlaw beekeeping in one town here in Utah. Every year in one town or another this happens but we have prevailed....so far.
Steve

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: TwT on February 17, 2009, 09:30:16 PM

SIGNED HERE!!!! I would love to see that happen for the beeks doing it even though its not legal, they shows signs of doing it just for the love of Beekeeping.

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: tlynn on February 17, 2009, 09:50:45 PM

Signed

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: Conchis on February 17, 2009, 10:38:15 PM

I signed it too, but I wonder how much weight a signature from Georgia will have on a petition to government folks in NYC

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: slaphead on February 17, 2009, 10:56:14 PM

Signed as number 639. Let's hope a lot more beeks add their names to this petition.

Thank you for bringing this to the forum.

SH

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: Tucker1 on February 18, 2009, 12:36:33 AM

Too bad that this happened in the first place.

I signed it. Hope it makes a difference somehow.

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: mgmoore7 on February 18, 2009, 01:04:31 PM

Signed it.

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: Conchis on February 18, 2009, 01:29:54 PM

Georgia has a good attitude on this:

2-14-41.1. Prohibition against restriction of honeybee production or maintenance.
No county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution prohibiting, impeding, or restricting the establishment or maintenance of honeybees in hives. This Code section shall not be construed to restrict the zoning authority of county or municipal governments.

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: irerob on February 18, 2009, 05:03:11 PM

signed it best of luck to you. :)

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: jdpro5010 on February 18, 2009, 05:12:22 PM

Signed it. Hope all goes well!

Title: Re: New York City Beekeepers need your help
Post by: mudlake on February 18, 2009, 05:15:48 PM

694 Good Luck Tony

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