80-6-114. Hobbyist apiary site -- registrations, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2025

TITLE 80. AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 6. APICULTURE

Part 1. Registration -- Apis Bees

Hobbyist Apiary Site -- Registrations

80-6-114. Hobbyist apiary site -- registrations. (1) The department may grant hobbyist apiary site registrations to hobbyist beekeepers under the following conditions:

(a) the applicant may not own a total of more than 10 hives, and all of the hives must be placed on the hobbyist apiary site;

(b) the applicant shall own the bees and the hives and shall personally manage and operate the bees and the hives; and

(c) only five hobbyist apiary site registrations are allowed for an applicant and only five hobbyist apiary site registrations are allowed for a family unit.

(2) A certificate of registration of a hobbyist apiary site may not be leased, assigned, or transferred. A person, other than the hobbyist apiary site registrant, may not exercise any rights or privileges, directly or indirectly, authorized by the certificate of registration.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 125, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 198, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 468, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 379, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 701, L. 2025.