Pueblo, CO Animal Ordinances: Beekeeping (2026)
Key Facts
- Hive limit
- two beehives per property
- Colony limit
- one colony, one queen per hive
- Over limit
- treated as a nuisance animal
- Offense class
- Class 2 municipal offense
Summary
Pueblo exempts honeybees from its wild-animal nuisance ban only up to two beehives per property, with each hive capped at one colony and one queen.
All species of nonhuman mammals excepting the: ... (Z) honeybee, provided, however, that the number of honeybees does not exceed the number contained in two (2) beehives located on the same property. For purposes of subparagraph (Z), a beehive shall mean any container housing no more than one (1) colony of honeybees including one (1) queen bee.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 109).
Full Breakdown
Section 11-1-405(a)(2) defines 'wild or dangerous animal,' the keeping of which is a nuisance, to exclude a list of common domestic and farm animals, including honeybees under subparagraph (Z), but only provided that the number of honeybees does not exceed the number contained in two beehives located on the same property. A beehive is defined as any container housing no more than one colony including one queen bee. Keep more than two beehives on a single property and the bees fall outside the exemption, making them a prohibited wild or dangerous animal.
Violations & Fines
Keeping honeybees beyond the two-beehive-per-property limit makes them a prohibited 'wild or dangerous animal,' a nuisance and Class 2 municipal offense under Section 11-1-405(c)(1).
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