Lee's Summit allows residential beekeeping but requires a 6-foot flyway barrier for any hive kept within 50 feet of a property line. Beekeepers must also register with the Missouri Department of Agriculture.
Lee's Summit permits keeping honeybees under its Chapter 5 animal provisions. Any owner of a beehive maintained within 50 feet of a property line must establish and maintain a flyway barrier at least 6 feet high, a solid wall or fence parallel to the line and extending 6 feet beyond the hive, so bees are forced to fly above 6 feet as they cross the boundary. If adjacent land is later developed or a residence is built closer than the required distances, the keeper must relocate or remove the hives to comply. Missouri beekeepers must register their colonies with the Missouri Department of Agriculture under MO Rev. Stat. §261.243.
Hives kept without the required flyway barrier or setbacks draw an abatement order and possible removal; unregistered colonies fall under Missouri Department of Agriculture enforcement.
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