San Bernadino County Beekeeping Regulations

Registration Required. See County Ordinance for further requirements such as water supply.

See "7.04.120 Animal Limitations" for Zoning permission tables.

Beehives limited to 1 hive per 13,500 sq ft in Zones R-VLD, R-A, and R-LD with additional requirements.

In the City of Barstow, there are no municipal codes set in place for the ownership of apiaries.

This chapter does not apply to apiaries of five colonies or less, provided they do not become a public nuisance.

Beekeeping prohibited as a home occupation.

Minimum lot size: 10 acres.

Classified as a Nusisance: Keeping or maintaining of apiaries or bees at any place within the corporate limits of the City and within one thousand feet of an inhabited Dwelling.

R-E Zoning district: 1 hive per 10,000 sf and 10 Hives Per Acre in Open space zoning districts

This chapter shall in all respects be construed to supplement and harmonize with the provisions of law of the state pertaining to bees and the beekeeping industry. Further requirements in municipal code.

Apiaries are not permitted in the city, but there are execeptions. A doctor can prescribe a single hive to be kept; 3 or fewer hives allowed on agriculturally zoned land with other requirements. Kept bees known to be Africanized are declared a public nuisance.

Animals (Apiary/Beekeeping) Permitted Subject to Conditional Use Permit.

Permitted in Open Space Zone with additional regulations. No occupied hives shall be closer than 100 feet to any street or highway, and not closer than 400 feet to any existing dwelling unless the permission of the owner is secured in writing and notarized. No hive shall be closer than 50 feet to any common property line.

In the City of Montclair, there are no municipal codes set in place for the ownership of apiaries.

No ordinance found.

In the City of Ontario, there are no municipal codes set in place for the ownership of apiaries.

Allowed in agricultural zone, must meet setbacks and water source provided on-site.

Permit required. Allowed only between March 15th and May 20th, unless an apiary of 10 or less colonies. See municipal code for other requirements.

Permitted in the agricultural zone.

In the City of San Bernardino, there are no municipal codes set in place for the ownership of apiaries.

In the City of Twentynine Palms, there are no municipal codes set in place for the ownership of apiaries.

Beekeeping allowed in various zones and subzones (Special Purpose Zones, Industrial Zone, Commercial Zones, Residential Zones, Mixed-Use Zones)

Keeping or maintaining snakes or other reptiles, or bees or other insects within the city limits, is a nuisance.

Provisions supplement and harmonize with the provisions of law of the state of California pertaining to bees. See municipal code for specific further regulations regarding water source, hive identification, and setbacks.

In the City of Yucca Valley, there are no municipal codes set in place for the ownership of apiaries.