Seminole County cannot regulate registered honeybee colonies. Florida Statute 586.10 preempts beekeeping regulation to the state Department of Agriculture, so you register hives with the state rather than the county.
Under Florida's honeybee preemption, the authority to regulate, inspect, and permit managed honeybee colonies and to set rules on their placement is reserved to the state through the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), superseding any related county or city ordinance. Beekeepers must register colonies with FDACS's Apiary Inspection program and follow the state's Best Management Practices, but Seminole County itself sets no separate hive permit or setback for registered inspected colonies.
Enforcement of colony registration and placement is by FDACS, not the county; unregistered or non-compliant apiaries are handled under the state apiary program.
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