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Sec. 95.54 Permit Required Sec. 95.55 Penalty for Violation of Section § 95.70 Definitions The following words and terms shall have meanings ascribed in this section unless the context of their used indicates another usage: Apiary means the assembly of one or more colonies of bees at a single location. Beekeeper means a person who owns or has charge of one or more colonies of bees. Beekeeping equipment means anything used in the operation of an apiary, such as hive bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom boards and extractors. Colony means an aggregate of bees consisting principally of workers, but having, when perfect, one queen and at times drones, brood, combs, and honey. Hive means the receptacle inhabited by a colony that is manufactured for that purpose. Honey bee means all life stages of the common domestic honey bee, apis mellifera (African subspecies and Africanized hybrids are not allowed). Lot means a contiguous parcel of land under common ownership. § 95.71 Purpose of Ordinance The purpose of this section is to establish certain requirements for beekeeping within the city, to avoid issues that might otherwise be associated with beekeeping in populated areas. 1. Compliance with this section shall not be a defense to a proceeding alleging that a given colony constitutes a nuisance, but such compliance may be offered as evidence of the beekeeper's efforts to abate any previous nuisance. 2. Compliance with this section shall not be a defense to a proceeding alleging that a given colony violates applicable ordinances regarding public health, but such compliance may be offered as evidence of the beekeeper's compliance with acceptable standards of practice among hobby beekeepers in the State of Minnesota. § 95.72 Standards of Practice These standards of practice apply only to lots smaller than five (5) acres. 1. Honey bee colonies shall be kept in hives with removable frames, which must be kept in sound and usable conditions. 2. Each beekeeper must ensure that a convenient source of water is available within ten feet of each colony at all times that the colonies remain active outside the hive. 3. Each beekeeper must ensure that no wax comb or other material that might encourage robbing by other bees that are left upon the grounds of the apiary lot. Such materials once removed from the site shall be handled and stored in sealed containers, or placed E.