a snip from Peter's comments..

'My understanding of UK law is that bees are wild animals and therefore do not trespass.  The beekeeper might trespass if he enters the land for some reason, but even then he would have to do damage before the landowner had any claim.

If our bees were trespassing then the floodgates would surely open on claims for compensation.

Any legal experts out there?'


my comments..
well I am no lawyer but have worked for several &  on rare occasions work for one now.  as far as I know here and in all the states where I have kept honeybees (about 7 or 8) what you describe pretty much conforms to the existing law here.  the statues and case law may of course vary from state to state but what I think one person on this board state as 'standard case law in any state' may well be the exception.  Most of the state law in the us is firmly planted in the English tradition of law.  

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