Cumberland County does not regulate beekeeping. All beekeepers in Maine, including those in Cumberland County, must register their hives annually with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry by June 15 under 7 MRS § 2701. Local hive-placement rules (setbacks, hive counts) are adopted town-by-town.
7 MRS § 2701 (Title 7, Chapter 740) provides: 'All persons owning honeybees within the State shall annually notify the commissioner of the keeping of bees and the location of the bees.' The annual registration deadline is June 15, and the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry must publicize the deadline between 14 and 30 days before that date. Fees collected fund Maine's apiary inspection program through the Division of Animal and Plant Health. Cumberland County itself adopts no ordinance on beekeeping; under 30-A MRS § 3001 home-rule authority, each of the 28 Cumberland County municipalities decides whether to impose hive-count caps, setbacks from property lines, water-source requirements, or registration with the local code enforcement officer. Portland, for example, allows beekeeping under its zoning chapter; rural towns generally do not regulate hives at all beyond the state registration mandate.
Failure to register with the state under 7 MRS § 2701 may result in suspension of the right to keep bees and denial of inspection-program services; the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry administers compliance. Municipal zoning violations are civil infractions enforced by the town code enforcement officer with fines set by local ordinance.
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