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https://cobeekeeping.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/GOOD%20NEIGHBOR%20BEEKEEPING%20Dewey%20Caron%20(1).pdf


Long Island Beekeepers
BEEKEEPERS GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY (probably oldest Good Neighbor Policy)


1. No more than four hives of honey bees for each one-quarter acre or less of lot size will be maintained on any lot.

2. No hive of honey bees will be maintained within ten feet of a boundary line of the lot on which said hive is located.

3. A six-foot hedge or fence (partition) will be placed between the hives and the neighbors if the hive is ten feet from the neighbor's yard and the entrance faces the neighbor's yard.

4. No hive of honey bees will be maintained unless an adequate supply of water will be furnished within twenty feet of said hive at all times between March 1 and October 31 of each year.

5. No hive of honey bees will be maintained unless such hive is inspected not less than four times between March 1 and October 31 of each year by the owner of the lot on which said hive is located or his delegate. A written record including the date of each such inspection will be maintained by said owner and will be available by authorized individuals.

6. No hive of honey bees will be maintained in a residential area in such a manner as will constitute a substantial nuisance.