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Honey Bee Keeping Regulations Ordinance Page 4 LanQStroth Type Hive: a hive consisting of an outer frame with a solid top cover, an inner cover, a bottom board, and a number of boxes and supers containing tightly spaced movable frames. Lot: a piece, parcel, plot or tract of land designated by its owner or developer to be used, developed or built upon as a unit under single ownership or control and may consist of (1) A single lot or record: or (2) A combination of complete lots of record .3 Nucleus Colony: a small colony of bees resulting from a colony division: or a Queen- mating hive used by queen breeders. Super: A wooden box with frames containing foundation or drawn comb in which honey is to be produced. Sec. 5 -52 Honey Bee Keening Public Safety Regulations. (a) Any person desiring to raise the common domestic honey bee, limited to the Aois mellifera species, must comply with the following public safety regulations. (b) The maximum number of colonies based on the size of the lot which shall be limited to the following: • Up to '/o acre Two (2) colonies • More than % acre but less than ' /2 acre Four (4) colonies • %2 acre but less than 1 acre Six (6) colonies • 1 acre or more Eight (8) colonies (c) A nucleus colony may be kept for up to a 30 -day period at one (1) for every colony. (d) No hive shall exceed seventeen (17) cubic feet in volume. (e) Location Requirements: 1. All colonies shall be located behind the building. 2. Beehives must have a flyway barrier which is located at least ten feet (10' front of the entrance to the hive at a height of six feet (6') if the hive's entrance is located within fifteen feet (15') of the property line. 3 South Bend Municipal Code § 21 -11.02 sets forth the zoning definition for "lot"