Many backyard beekeepers aren’t in it for the honey. Beekeeping isn’t the kind of thing you can learn on YouTube. It takes real training, the right equipment — and plenty of patience.

Santa Monica permitted beekeeping in 2011 with similar requirements. Residents are allowed two hives per backyard, and the hives must be at least five feet from the property lines.

Backyard beekeeping is growing in popularity in and around the Houston area. However, there are rules and regulations in place to make sure you're being a good neighbor.

Veteran backyard beekeeper Donald Burger says he's more enthusiastic today than when he began in 1999. An attorney and rosarian, he keeps two hives for pollination but also harvests 15 gallons of ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted today to allow backyard beekeeping, joining cities like Santa Monica, New York, Denver and other cities where the hobby is legal. “To bee or ...

Backyard beekeeping for beginners: ... Of course, a beekeeper also should be observing the bees and making notes by watching them fly in and out of the hive and not meddling in the process.

“Backyard beekeeping is extremely popular and on the rise,” said Louise Edsall, a member of the Prince William Regional Beekeepers Association. “I meet people every day who say, ‘I want to ...

Los Angeles lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of making backyard beekeeping legal in the city, part of a growing urban reaction to the dwindling honeybee population. Beekeeping isn’t allowed in ...

One hive at a time, backyard beekeepers try saving Detroit, the world. ... French beekeepers near the town of Ribeauville noticed in 2012 that their bees were producing blue honey.

Currently, backyard beekeepers are not regulated. Instead, "good" beekeepers follow state guidelines or "best beekeeping practices" such as limiting the number of hives to three per a quarter acre ...

Liz Savage, a backyard beekeeper in Fullerton and a leader with the county association, has been visiting city halls in Orange County to encourage communities to allow hives in residential areas.

Backyard beekeeper training takes flight. By Adam Russell │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. June 18, 2025. AgriLife Extension’s Beekeeping 101 supports new beekeepers with research-backed program.