Hi all
I guess the $64,000 question is: what regulations would you be comfortable with? And how would you want to see them enforced? Currently few states have any such regs.
Obviously, some landscapes can support vastly more colonies than others, and in some cases hives are deliberately overstocked for pollination purposes (leading to rental fees to offset the burden on the bees and beekeepers).
And—it only makes sense that any such regulations must be backed up either by: 1) scientific evidence of apiary yields under a variety of configurations OR 2) a beekeeper consensus.
Both of these seem a bit out of reach since: 1) I haven't seen much, other than the stuff Jerry B posted (which was good); 2) a beekeeper consensus? That would be novel.
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PLB
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