I've just come back from vacation, so this is a late comment on the
local ordinance somewhere in Colorado. I wondered why someone had tried
to reinvent the wheel - and come up with an egg! It was way too wordy
and tried to deal with too much detail, particularly in defining
"nuisance". It seemed more concerned with detailing worst-case scenarios
of "nuisance" than with good guidelines for beekeeping.

1. I've been led to believe by those who should know that skeps
(non-removeable comb) have been illegal in the U.S. since the early 20th
century, when AFB became a major problem. Did you ask the state Dept. of
Agriculture about state laws governing this?

2. Why not just use an ordinance already on the books in other places?
For a good example, see "Ordinances Banning Bees" in the ABC and XYZ of
Beekeeping, 1990 edition. The local ordinances here in Fairfax Co VA
were written by the state extension service beekeepers and are very
little different from the Long Island ordinances cited in ABC - the
county code is online. There is also a "model ordinance" on-line at the
University of Florida Extension Service.

Alan Fiala
Fairfax County, VA

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