San Mateo Municipal Code Ch. 8.28 Bees

Prior history: Prior code §§ 64.60-64.62 and Ord. 1982-1.

(a) Adequate Water Source Required. All properties on which beehives are kept must provide for adequate water sources on the property at all times of year and must ensure that they do not become a mosquito-breeding site. Adequate sources are ones that provide both an amount of fresh water necessary for the amount of bees or beehives and a method for the bees to be able to gain a good footing to obtain the water.

(b) Flyway Required. Beekeepers shall manage the direction and angle of the bee flyway from the entrance of the hive by properly siting and orienting the hives and by using flyway barriers as needed to modify the angle in order to keep the flyway over the beekeeper's property until the bees are flying eight or more feet above the ground.

No person shall manage bees under such conditions as to create a source of constant annoyance or discomfort to any person.