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Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Guidance Document Change: The 2020 Session of the General Assembly revised the Beehive Distribution Program (Chapter 407 of the 2020 Acts of Assembly) to require the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to accept applications for beehive units for a period of not less than 15 days and to select individuals receiving beehive units at random from the eligible applications received during the application period. The General Assembly also clarified that an individual registered with the VDACS as a beekeeper may apply for no more than three beehive units per household per year. VDACS has revised this guidance document to reflect these amendments to the Beehive Distribution Program and to update the application process accordingly.

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5/15/20 12:52 pm

Commenter: Michele Birch

Free Beehive selection change

Hello,

I've tried to submit my application within the first few hours of knowing about the Free Beehive program and have yet to get any free hives. It seems like the time frame on responding to my application was longer than expected and if there are any errors on the applications, by the time we fix the errors the Free hive program has reached its limit and is closed and the "corrected" application is put in the bottom of the pile of applications.

I've talked to a couple of people who have received the free beehives on more than one occasion.

I think that the selection of the free Beehive equipment should be a "One time" only gift.

I also think the Free beehives should be given to people who have completed a Beginning Beekeeping class and is a member of a Local BeeKeeping chapter.

Thank you

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