Unincorporated Guadalupe County does not regulate beekeeping. Backyard hives are allowed with no county permit or hive limit. Bees are agriculture in Texas, and keeping them can even qualify land for an agricultural valuation. HOA deed restrictions are the main limit.
The county sets no rules on the number or placement of beehives in unincorporated areas, and no county permit is required. Texas treats beekeeping as agriculture; the Texas Apiary Inspection Service oversees bee health statewide, and acreage kept in bees can qualify for an open-space agricultural property-tax valuation. The practical constraints on a backyard beekeeper are HOA deed restrictions, which may prohibit hives, and ordinary nuisance principles if bees become a genuine hazard to neighbors. Cities such as Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo set their own hive rules within their limits.
The county issues no beekeeping citations in unincorporated areas. An HOA can enforce a hive ban through deed restrictions, and a genuinely hazardous colony could be addressed as a private nuisance in civil court.
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