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Honey Bee Keeping Regulations Ordinance Page 3 and welfare of the city.1 Sec. 5-51 Definitions. As used in this Article, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings set forth herein: Apiary: the assembly of one (1) or more hives or colonies of honey bees at a single location. Beehive: domicile prepared for colony of honey bees. Beekeeper: a person who owns or has charge of one (10 or more colonies of hone Beekeepi_gEguipment: an hing used in the operation of an apiary, such as hive bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom boards and extractors. Bottom Board: floor of beehive. Building: any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods or materials of any kind or nature. City: City of South Bend, Indiana. Colony: the entire honey bee family or social unit living together including queens, workers and drones. Flyway barrier: fencing, dense hedging or a combination of the two, which provides a shield or protective barrier from the direction in which the honey bees fly when approaching or leaving a hive. Hive: a frame or structure used or employed as a domicile for bees. Honey Bee: the common domestic honey bee, limited to the Apis melli era species, specifically excluding the African honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata or Africanized honey bee, or M hybrid thereof. Inner Cover: a cover used under the standard telescoping cover of a bee hive. 'Indiana Code § 36- 1-4 -11 authorizes a city to pass, codify and enforce ordinances; and Indiana Code § 36 -1 -3 -2 grants to cities "... all the powers that they need for the effective operation of government as to local affairs ". 2 South Bend Municipal Code § 21 -11.02 sets forth the zoning definition for "building"