Nanaimo By-law 7316, s. 58(a) — 58 A person who keeps Bees must comply with the following

58 A person who keeps Bees must comply with the following:

• Apiaries shall not be located within 7.5 meters of an adjacent property line unless:
• (i) the hives are behind a solid fence, or a hedge that is at least 1.83 meters in height located parallel to an adjacent property line and extending a minimum of 6.0 meters horizontally beyond the hive in either direction; and
• (ii) the entrance to the hive faces away from adjacent property dwellings, entrances and walkways.
• (b) Every Person who keeps Bees must have sufficient clean water within 1 metre of the Apiary to prevent the Bees from seeking water from other sources, such as neighbourhood swimming pools, birdbaths, ponds, or other bodies of water.
• (c) Every Person who keeps Bees on their property must maintain the bees in a condition that will reasonably prevent swarming behaviour by the bees.
• (d) Every Person keeping Bees must be registered under the Bee Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 29 and amendments thereto.