Lane County's Animal Services Code does not regulate honeybees; hive placement is a zoning matter under Lane Code Chapter 16. Beekeeping is a protected farm practice under Oregon's right-to-farm law, and the Oregon Department of Agriculture runs a voluntary statewide apiary registry.
Bees are not addressed in the Lane County Animal Services Code (LC Ch. 7). Where and how many hives you may keep on unincorporated land is governed by the Lane County zoning code (LC Chapter 16) under Oregon's statewide land-use program; farm (EFU) and rural-residential zones are generally permissive. Beekeeping qualifies as a farm practice, so ORS 30.935 invalidates any local ordinance treating it as a nuisance where a right-to-farm claim is barred. Oregon does not require most hobbyist beekeepers to register, though the Oregon Department of Agriculture maintains a voluntary apiary registry and enforces bee-health rules. Cities within Lane County (Eugene, Springfield) may set their own hive setback and count rules.
No county animal-chapter penalty for beekeeping. Zoning violations are enforced by Lane County Land Management; farm-practice beekeeping is shielded from local nuisance abatement by ORS 30.935.
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