Beekeeping is lawful across Atlantic County, but New Jersey requires every beekeeper who overwinters bees to register their apiary annually with the state Department of Agriculture under N.J.A.C. 2:24-3.1. Municipalities may add hive-placement setbacks; no county permit exists.
Keeping honey bees is legal throughout Atlantic County and treated as agriculture under New Jersey law, a natural fit for the Pinelands blueberry and cranberry country around Hammonton and Hamilton that depends on pollination. The binding statewide rule is registration: N.J.A.C. 2:24-3.1, under the state apiary statute N.J.S.A. 4:6-9.1 et seq., requires all beekeepers who overwinter bees to register their apiary locations annually with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture Apiary Inspection Program and obtain an inspection number. The state, not the county, inspects colonies for disease. Municipal zoning ordinances on the dense barrier islands like Ventnor and Margate may add hive-placement setbacks from lot lines, while the agricultural Pinelands towns impose little.
Failing to register overwintered colonies with the Department of Agriculture violates N.J.A.C. 2:24-3.1 and is enforced by the state apiary inspector. A municipality can enforce zoning setbacks on hive placement.
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