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If you intend taking up beekeeping in this manner then it is advisable that you attend a <a href="basic_beekeeping_course.htm" class="style1">beginner beekeeping course.</a><br> <br> </font><strong>By-Laws of Johannesburg Metropolitan regarding Suburban Beekeeping </strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="bodystyle"><p align="center"><br> <a href="/bee_course_DVD.html"><img src="file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Cristina/My%20Documents/W.SELZER/HSC/Beekeeping/web%20templates/complex1/e5/banner_125x125_small.jpg" alt="Buy Bee Course DVD now" width="125" height="125" border="0"></a> </p> <P align=justify class="style1"><B>BY-LAWS</B></P> <P align=justify class="style1">The keeping of bees in the Johannesburg Metropolitan area is controlled by the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Public Health By-Laws, (Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 179 dated 21 May 2004, Notice 830 of 2004).</P> <P align=justify class="style1">The General Provisions for the keeping of bees is as follows:</P> <P align=justify class="style1"><I><B>Requirements for keeping of bees</B></i></P> <OL class=lapha style9> <LI class="style25">No person may keep bees on any premises unless &ndash; <OL> <LI><span class="lalpha">that person is the <U>holder of a permit authorizing that activity;</U> and </span> <LI><span class="lalpha">every bee hive is situated &ndash; </span> <OL> <LI><span class="lroman">a minimum of <U>five metres from any boundary of the premises;</U> and </span> <LI class="lroman">a <U>minimum of twenty metres from any public place or building used for human habitation or from any place used for the keeping of animals, poultry and birds;</U> </LI> </OL> <LI><span class="lalpha">the bees are <U>kept in an approved bee hive;</U> and </span> <LI><span class="lalpha">the bee hive is &ndash; </span> <OL> <LI><span class="lroman">kept in an area <U>inaccessible to children and animals;</U> </span> <LI><span class="lroman">kept <U>in the shade at all times;</U> and </span> <LI class="lroman">supplied with a <U>source of drinking water within five metres of the hive</U>. </LI> </OL> </LI> </OL> <LI class="style25"><U>No person may dump or deposit any garbage, compost, grass cuttings or manure within five metres of any bee hive.</U> </LI> </OL> <P><span class="style25">It is important for beekeepers to register with SABIO the beekeeing industry organisation in South Africa. </span></P> <P><span class="style25">If you want to start beekeeping in the Johannesburg metropolitan you must become familiar with the the by-laws of the metro. These are bee rules made in order to keep people safe as well as give guidelines for all beekeeping sites</span></P> <P><span class="style25">Although beekeeping regulation is not well enforced if an accident or injury is caused to the public and you as beekeeper don't have a beekeeping permit nor did you keep to the beekeeping by-laws you would suffer the regulatory punishments</span></P> <P><span class="style25">Moral of the story is that you should be aware and practice the bee rules, bee law and by-laws of the Johannesburg Metro.</span></P> <P><span class="style9">Other products available... <br> [<a href="shop.htm">Bee Gloves</a>] [<a href="beesuits.htm">Bee suits</a>] [<a href="hive_tools.htm">Hive Tools</a>] [<a href="hives.htm">Hives*</a>] [<a href="smokers.htm">Smokers</a>] [<a href="blue_book.htm">Blue book*</a>]</span><br> <br> <br> </P></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="medium"><strong>Got the Penthouse or Hive? </strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="bodystyle"><p class="style25">Start with a brood chamber, 10 frames with wax foundation, a base and a lid. One can go the whole hog and get the full deal. The complete assembled hive. REMEMBER! This does not include the queen excluder - <strong>SOLD SEPARATELY</strong>. You can expect to have foundation sheets in both chambers, 10 frames per chamber. </p> <p class="style25">You can use creosote to treat your hives. You can also use Silver Enamel paint. Or do both. Be sure to <strong>use the correct creosote as som</strong>e do contain contaminants. Also leave your hives to dry and air properly before transferring a colony into it. </p> <p class="style25">OUR PREFERENCE FOR HIVE TREATMENT is a mixture of linseed oil and beeswax heat submerged for a period of time. This is the most natural treatment for <a href="/shop.htm">bee hive</a> components. </p> <p class="style25">Frames usually come standard. You can make your own. Do not treat these. You can and iit is recommended that you put wax foundation sheets on the frames. 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