Prince George's County treats beekeeping as an agricultural use governed by zoning rather than the animal-control code. Keeping bees is allowed on urban farms and agricultural-zoned land, subject to Planning Department land-use rules.
Bees are not regulated as pets under Subtitle 3; the animal hobby permit (Sec. 3-148.02) expressly excludes farm animals, fish, and birds, and bees fall outside the pet-limit framework entirely. Beekeeping is instead an allowed activity on urban farms and agricultural-zoned parcels under the county's urban agriculture provisions, which the M-NCPPC Planning Department defines to include the limited keeping and raising of fowl or bees. Colony placement, hive numbers, and setbacks depend on the property's zoning classification and lot size, so beekeepers should confirm allowances with the Planning Department. Maryland also requires apiary registration with the state Department of Agriculture.
Non-compliance is handled as a zoning matter, with notices of violation and abatement rather than animal-control citations.
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