this is not strictly what you asked for but seems pertinent:

Beekeeping is a best management practice and should be encouraged and incentivized alongside land management practices. One way to do this could be to provide a pollinator protector tax break for beekeepers that register their hives and participate in the nationwide surveillance program. Secondly, the emergency relief fund does not specifically address theft and destruction of property by an individual, which is an issue that beekeepers are facing today when loaning hives to farms in different states. To fix this issue the older acts should be revisited and amended to include modern concerns, possibly by consulting beekeepers. 

Arnold, HM. (2014) THE SOCIO-ECOLOGY OF MANAGED HONEYBEES (Apis mellifera) IN THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA. University of Louisville

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