The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 3034)
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§ 3034. Establishing an apiary location
No person shall locate an apiary within two miles of an existing apiary registered
to a different person, with the following exceptions:
(1) A person may locate an apiary anywhere on the person’s own property.
(2) Beekeepers with a total ownership of 10 colonies or fewer shall be exempt from this
restriction.
(3) Existing apiaries, provided that they are properly registered with the State, are
exempt.
(4) A person may locate an apiary within two miles of another existing apiary, provided
the owner of the existing apiary gives written permission or the existing apiary has
fewer than 15 colonies.
(5) If a registered apiary of 15 or more colonies should fall below and remain below 15
colonies, anyone can petition the State and establish an apiary within two miles of
the existing apiary, provided the number of colonies in the existing apiary stays
below 15 for two years from the time of the petition. An apiary that loses the protection
of the two-mile limit in this manner cannot be built back above the number of colonies
it had at the end of the two-year period. (Added 1983, No. 83, § 1; amended 2019, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2023, No. 6, § 61, eff. July 1, 2023; 2023, No. 73, § 16, eff. July 1, 2023.)