Reinstate and enhance the legal requirements of pesticide applicators to notify apiary owners prior to pesticide application, and develop and implement a mandatory state hive registration program and map where beekeepers will be required to register their hive locations. Pesticide applicators will be required to use the mapping tool to identify hive locations and notify apiary owners prior to pesticide application so that beekeepers can secure their colonies.
Craving context? This recommendation is included in the Other Products brief, part of the NH Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan.
Read the Other Products brief here
