In 2010 the government recognised the importance of bees to the national economy and supported backgarden beekeepers together with a training project run in partnership by the British Beekeeping Association (BBKA) and National Diploma of Beekeeping Board (NDBB), and jointly funded by DEFRA.
We all have a legal responsibility to manage our bees in a way that does not cause harm to others. Wherever your apiary is, you have a duty to warn anybody who approaches it that there a hazard i.e. live bees, even if it is in you own back garden. You even have to post warnings such that a trespasser would be aware of the bees, otherwise your insurance may be invalid. It is also your responsibility when sighting an apiary to ensure that the bees do not cause a nuisance to other people, that is to say interfere with their enjoyment of their property.
We all have a legal responsibility to manage our bees in a way that does not cause harm to others. Wherever your apiary is, you have a duty to warn anybody who approaches it that there a hazard i.e. live bees, even if it is in you own back garden. You even have to post warnings such that a trespasser would be aware of the bees, otherwise your insurance may be invalid. It is also your responsibility when sighting an apiary to ensure that the bees do not cause a nuisance to other people, that is to say interfere with their enjoyment of their property.