Some of the measures being considered include limiting hives to three per household and keeping hives at a certain distance from neighbors; rules to be debated at a later date before any new regulation is enacted.
"Most of the city of Boston, beekeeping is a forbidden use under the zoning code," said Boston City Councilor-at-Large Ruthzee Louijeune."There are people and institutions here in Boston that are beekeeping, and we need to make it easier to do that," Louijeune told the council.
Mayo and others approached Louijeune, who then brought forward a proposal to change the current rules. The widely reported decline of the world bee population is one of the reasons that resonated with Louijeune. "They play a critical role in our food system," she said."They pollinate over 85 different crops and contribute to 35% of the global food production. When we think about the positive environmental benefits of beekeeping, it's something that we do want to encourage subject to appropriate regulation and fencing."
"We have to take care of what we have because if we destroy this planet, we have nowhere else to go," said Mayo."When it's all said and done, and I'm gone, I hope that I've done a little bit to make things a little better," she said.
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