Beekeeper Registration

The hive(s) being registered must first be registered with the state by completing the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets' Honey Bee Health Information form. Submit the form below.

New York State Honey Bee Health Information Form

New Beekeepers must submit their hive registration form within 30 days of establishing their hives(s). If registering for the first time please select "New" on the top of the registration form.

You must provide your block and lot number on the application. This information is available by conducting a building search using the link below.

Buildings Information System (BIS)

There is no fee to register as a beekeeper.

You must submit a separate registration form for each hive.

The Department will notify the applicant via email or letter confirming that the registration form has been received and accepted. If you have questions or concerns, email the NYC Health Department at beekeeping@health.nyc.gov.

If you have changes to the information provided during the initial registration, please update your registration by resubmitting your registration form:

1) Complete an online registration form.

or

2) Complete a fillable registration form (pdf) and email it to beekeeping@health.nyc.gov.

Select "Revision" as the type of registration.

Beekeeper Guidelines and Registration Form

Beekeepers are required to adhere to appropriate beekeeping practices including:

• maintaining bee colonies in moveable frame hives that are kept in sound and usable condition
• providing a constant and adequate water source
• locating hives on a site so that the movement of bees does not become an animal nuisance

Beekeepers should be able to respond immediately to control bee swarms and to remediate nuisance conditions. A beekeeping nuisance means conditions including, but not limited to:

• aggressive or objectionable bee behavior
• hive placement or bee movement that interferes with pedestrian traffic or persons residing on or adjacent to the hive premises
• overcrowded, deceased or abandoned hives

There are two ways to submit your registration electronically:

1) Complete an online registration form.

2) Complete a fillable registration form (pdf) and email it to beekeeping@health.nyc.gov.

Select "New" as the registration type.

Read the beekeeping requirements and complete the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Beekeeper Registration form.

Beekeeper Guidelines and Registration Form

Submit the completed form via USPS regular mail, to the address below.

Public Health Entomology Unit

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DoHMH)

Office of Vector Surveillance and Control

125 Worth Street, Box No. 32L

New York, N.Y. 10013

Beekeepers registered with the city must submit a registration form annually by May 13. You may renew your registration in the following ways:

1) Complete an online registration form.

or

2) Complete a fillable registration form (pdf) and email it to beekeeping@health.nyc.gov.

Select "Annual" as the type of registration.

Existing beekeepers are required to renew each hive's registration by May 31st of each year. When renewing your registration please select “Annual” on the registration form.

Beekeeper Guidelines and Registration Form

Submit the completed form via USPS regular mail, to the address below.

Public Health Entomology Unit

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DoHMH)

Office of Vector Surveillance and Control

125 Worth Street, Box No. 32L

New York, N.Y. 10013