>>What I have been told is that assessors will allow 3/4 acre of ag for every colony of bees on 
the property.  (This allotment only makes sense if you are thinking as 
bureaucrats do.)

Does the beekeeper need to show certain levels of honey production/ sale from the acreage?

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In Illinois it seems that having enough colonies is all that is required.   To get ag assessment on my 7-acre farm I went to the county board of assessment appeals with aerial photos, my state registration certificate, my business card, and jars of honey with my label.  They all agreed I deserved the ag classification and asked how many bushels per acre my land could produce.  It is on that basis that farm land is assessed here.  I told them I lived in an oak savanna that had never been farmed.  Oak woods do not grow corn very well.  I received the lowest quality rating and the lowest assessed value.  That was fine with me.

I tell the story to point out that, as many of you know, beekeeping is not well understood and sometimes we have to play the game to achieve our goals.  It worked for me.

Larry Krengel

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