"Peter L. Borst" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:    From a 1999 article (http://www.cityfarmer.org/beekeepNY.html)

> Two summers ago, David Graves, a veteran bee master who was on the roof helping Ms. Goodman tend the hives, knew of just one beehive in the five boroughs: now he is aware of 13 hives in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. And city beekeepers claim that there could be twice that number. But few beekeepers reveal their presence because under the New York City Health Code the activity is illegal. Section 161.01 bans keeping animals that are ''wild, ferocious, fierce, dangerous or naturally inclined to do harm.'' An offender could be fined up to $2,000.

And despite the NYS Dept. of Ag&Mkts knowledge of these colonies, they remain unregistered and uninspected. Maybe it's just a cost/benefit thing?
   
  Mark

       
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