Montgomery County sets no beekeeping ordinance. Hive placement is a municipal zoning matter, while colony registration and disease inspection are handled statewide by the PA Dept. of Agriculture under the Bee Law. Register hives with the state, then check your township zoning.
Two separate layers govern beekeeping, neither of them the county. Statewide, the Pennsylvania Bee Law (3 Pa.C.S. §2101 et seq.) requires every beekeeper to register their colonies with the PA Dept. of Agriculture and allows state apiary inspectors to check for disease. Locally, where you may place hives — setbacks from property lines, number of colonies, screening or flyway-barrier requirements — is decided by your borough or township zoning ordinance under the Municipalities Planning Code. Montgomery County itself neither registers hives nor zones them. Beekeepers should register with the state first, then confirm hive-placement rules with the municipal zoning officer.
Failure to register colonies is enforced by the PA Dept. of Agriculture. Hive-placement violations are enforced by the municipal zoning officer under local penalties.
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