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Re: U.S. Public Lands
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Jerry J Bromenshenk <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:18:50 -0700
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At 08:49 AM 12/15/99 -0600, you wrote:


The issue is not so much the public lands, but state laws.  For example, in
MT, you can't place bees anywhere without registering the apiary.  The
location must be down to the 1/4 section.  You can't place your bees close
than 3 miles to the next nearest beekeeper (who has a properly registered
bee site).  There are some exceptions to this distance limit for landowners
who keep bees and hobbiests.  So, if you pull your trailer into MT and set
it on an unregistered site, you will probably get to meet the local Sheriff.

Next door in Washington, the registrations work somewhat differently.
Jerry J. Bromenshenk, Ph.D.
Director, DOE/EPSCoR & Montana Organization for Research in Energy
The University of Montana-Missoula
Missoula, MT  59812-1002
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Tel:  406-243-5648
Fax:  406-243-4184
http://www.umt.edu/biology/more
http://www.umt.edu/biology/bees

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