Honeybee Out-Yard

A friend of mine has inquired several times about having hives put on their land – both for adding to the biodiversity of the land and flora, but also for the State Agriculture Exemption that includes having honeybees as livestock.

Every county can decide how many hives per acre are required, and the tax exemption is currently for a minimum of 5 acres, and up to 20 acres.

Hives were loaded up the night before

Then driven to their property.

and setup onto hive stands.  Each holds 5 hives (4 comfortably, 5 hives are pretty tight together)

Some of the hives were smaller 5-frame hives that were ready to move up to full-sized 10-frame boxes.  The bees are all setup in front of an unused chicken coop.