Honey Bees in Local Law
Agnieszka Bielska-Brodziak
Uniwersytet Śląski , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9926-6436
Marlena Drapalska-Grochowicz
Uniwersytet Śląski , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-2918
Marek Suska
Uniwersytet Śląski , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0950-5588
Abstract
Threats to which honey bees are exposed to, especially the phenomenon of their mass disappearance, lead to the search for new living areas for those insects. Such areas may be cities, which in some respects constitute an appropriate habitat for bees. Urban beekeeping raises some legal challenges, primarily related to the need to protect bees on the one hand, and on the other to ensure people’s freedom from fear of stings. Traditional instruments of civil and criminal law do not apply to the new situation; so administrative law must play a leading role in this regard. Many Polish cities are already trying to govern the requirements for keeping bees in cities. The main purpose of this article is to review and evaluate local regulations, and then to identify good and bad practices in the field of legal regulations of urban beekeeping.
Keywords:
honey bee, administrative law, local law, law of maintaining cleanliness and order in the municipalityReferences
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