Arkansas Apiary Act and Beekeeping Regulations

2-22-110. Registration by beekeepers. (a) (1) (A) A person owning, leasing, or possessing bees within ten (10) days after coming into ownership or possession of bees or before moving bees from outside the State of Arkansas, shall file with the State Plant Board an application for registration. (B) The application shall set forth the exact location by legal description of the premises, together with the name of the owner or possessor of the apiary, the number of colonies of bees in each apiary owned by him or her or in his or her possession or under his or her control, together with such other information as may be required by the board. (2) The beekeeper may register one (1) location for each ten (10) colonies for the first one thousand (1,000) colonies and may register one (1) location for each twenty (20) colonies thereafter. (3) A new registration is required when any significant change occurs in the location or operation of the beekeeper. (4) All applications for registration shall be approved or rejected by the board so as to effectuate compliance with this chapter or rules promulgated under this section. (b) (1) No person can place bees on property other than his or her own within three (3) miles of a previously registered area without the written permission of the registrant.