Agenda Item # 11.1 - Steve Mink | Received 11/18/2022Enter Your Personal Information
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Subject Allowing bees in city limits
Your Message I understand the city council will consider allowing bee hives to
be kept in city limits Nov 21, 2022.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Gilroy Beekeepers
Association, yet keeping bee hives in city limits remains illegal.
Allowing bees would cost the city nothing, would provide
residents healthier gardens and economic benefit.
Unlike most livestock and pets, bees do not smell and they do
not carry diseases or pests that are harmful to humans.
Bees actually live better in suburban areas where home owners
make an effort to always have something blooming.
Beekeepers register their hives with the county and state.
Changing the city ordinances to allow for beehives will allow
keepers to register existing hives in city limits.
Please consider the change to improve the life of residents in
Gilroy. Thank you
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