A city or town in Indiana can’t prevent residents from beekeeping — but homeowners associations still can. A state House bill, HB 1337, aims to change that.
Under the bill, HOAs wouldn’t be able to keep people from having beehives as long as they’re actively maintained for honey and adhere to other Indiana laws.
Ryan Lewis moved to the town of Leo-Cedarville outside of Fort Wayne with the hope of beekeeping with his family. He said nothing in the HOA documents he received said he couldn’t keep bees and all his neighbors were OK with it. Still, his HOA rejected his request.
HOAs would still get a say under the bill, said its author Rep. Karen Engleman (R-Georgetown).
“They can still make rules and say how many active beehives a person may maintain, the location of the beehives," she said.
Engleman said honey bees are important because they pollinate Indiana’s crops.
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