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Honey Bee Keeping Regulations Ordinance <br />Page 4 <br />Langstroth TWe Hive: a hive consisting of an outer frame with a solid top cover, an inner <br />cover, a bottom board, and a number of boxes and supers containing tightly spaced movable frames. <br />Lot: a piece, parcel, plot or tract of land designated by its owner or developer to be used, <br />developed or built upon as a unit under single ownership or control and may consist of <br />(1) A single lot or record; or <br />(2) A combination of complete lots of record.3 <br />Nucleus Colony: a small colony of bees resulting from a colony division, or a queen- mating <br />hive used by queen breeders. <br />Super: A wooden box with frames containing foundation or drawn comb in which honey is <br />to be produced. <br />Sec. 5 -52 Honey Bee Keeping Public Safety Regulations. <br />(a) Any person desiring to raise the common domestic honey bee, limited to the Apis <br />melli era species, must comply with the following public safety regulations. <br />(b) The maximum number of colonies based on the size of the lot which shall be limited <br />to the following: <br />• Up to % acre Two (2) colonies <br />• More than % acre but less than %2 acre Four (4) colonies <br />• '/z acre but less than 1 acre Six (6 ) colonies <br />• 1 acre or more Eight (8 ) colonies <br />(c) A nucleus colony may be kgpt for up to a 30- d4yperiod at one (1) for every colony_ <br />(d) No hive shall exceed seventeen (17) cubic feet in volume. <br />(e) Location Requirements: <br />1. All colonies shall be located behind the building. <br />2. Beehives must have a flyway barrier which is located at least ten feet (10') in <br />front of the entrance to the hive at a height of six feet (6') if the hive's <br />entrance is located within fifteen feet (15' ) of the property line. <br />3 South Bend Municipal Code § 21 -11.02 sets forth the zoning definition for "lot" <br />