Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3034
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3034
- Apiary: means a place where one or more colonies of bees are kept and shall include hives and bees. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Owner: means a person who in any way owns, leases, possesses, or otherwise controls an apiary, colony, hive, bees, or equipment and shall include the agent of such person. See
- Person: shall include all corporations, partnerships, associations, societies, individuals or group of individuals, or any employee, servant, or agent acting for or employed by any person as defined in this subdivision. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 3034. Establishing an apiary location
No person shall locate an apiary within two miles of an existing apiary registered to a different person, with the following exceptions:
(1) A person may locate an apiary anywhere on the person’s own property.
(2) Beekeepers with a total ownership of 10 colonies or fewer shall be exempt from this restriction.
(3) Existing apiaries, provided that they are properly registered with the State, are exempt.
(4) A person may locate an apiary within two miles of another existing apiary, provided the owner of the existing apiary gives written permission or the existing apiary has fewer than 15 colonies.
(5) If a registered apiary of 15 or more colonies should fall below and remain below 15 colonies, anyone can petition the State and establish an apiary within two miles of the existing apiary, provided the number of colonies in the existing apiary stays below 15 for two years from the time of the petition. An apiary that loses the protection of the two-mile limit in this manner cannot be built back above the number of colonies it had at the end of the two-year period. (Added 1983, No. 83, § 1; amended 2019, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2023, No. 6, § 61, eff. July 1, 2023; 2023, No. 73, § 16, eff. July 1, 2023.)