The Apiary Registry is a tool that is used to help protect honey bees from exposure to chemicals that are toxic to bees. By adding your name and the address of your beehives to the registry, pesticide applicators will be required to notify you at least 24 hours and not more than 72 hours prior to applying pesticides. This will make it possible for you to move or otherwise protect the bees. See the “Pesticide/Bee Rule” of the Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 21-45.31(206).
