Cumberland County's Animal Control Ordinance sets no beekeeping rules; honey bees are not covered by the animal code. Backyard beekeeping is governed by your zoning (county UDO) and protected under North Carolina agricultural law, with the NC Department of Agriculture (NCDA&CS) regulating apiaries statewide.
The county Animal Control Ordinance regulates dogs, cats, livestock, and wild/exotic animals; it contains no honey-bee or apiary provisions. Whether you may keep hives, and how many, is a zoning question decided by the Cumberland County Unified Development Ordinance for your parcel, plus any Fayetteville, Hope Mills, or Spring Lake ordinance inside city limits. Statewide, beekeeping is an agricultural activity: the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services administers the Bee and Honey program (registration, inspection, and disease control), and the Right to Farm Act (NCGS 106-701) protects bona fide farm operations. Good practice is a water source, hives set back from property lines, and a flyway barrier to lift bees above head height near neighbors. Confirm your zoning
There is no county animal-code penalty for beekeeping itself. Enforcement, if any, comes from zoning (a hive in a district that disallows it) or general nuisance provisions where bees cause a documented hazard. NCDA&CS handles apiary-disease and inspection matters statewide.
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