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Attachment B <br />Joe Kimbell / 3759 New Brighton Rd / Arden Hills, MN 55112 / <br />Our request: <br />For the city of Arden Hills to amend the city code (1325.07, subdivision 6) by including a <br />provision specifically for the keeping of bees that lessens the required distance of a farm <br />structure to the property line, while providing guidelines for overall best practices. <br />Historical context: <br />In February of 2023, my son, Elias Kimbell (15), applied for and was granted a beekeeping <br />scholarship from the Bee Lab at the University of Minnesota. The scholarship provided Elias a <br />pack of bees, the necessary equipment to build the hive, all the needed tools and protective <br />gear, and a mentor for one year. He was also required to attend 9 monthly meetings of the MN <br />Hobby Beekeepers Association and make two public presentations. Before receiving any of the <br />above, however, he was required to complete the UofM beekeeping course (14 hours of pre- <br />recorded instruction divided into modules) where Elias learned: <br />• Hiving of bees <br />• Best management practices for keeping bees in urban and rural settings <br />• Honey production <br />• Successful strategies for preparing colonies to survive winter <br />• Dividing colonies in spring to avoid swarms <br />• Introducing new queens <br />• Best management practices for controlling diseases and mites, using medications as a <br />last resort <br />Last year, we kept our hive at a friend's hobby farm in Mahtomedi where we visited weekly to <br />learn, observe, and participate in the over health and production of the hive. The challenge for <br />us was the time invested to drive to the farm which limited our interaction with the hive to <br />about an hour a week. <br />Scope of our project: <br />1. To safely install and maintain beehives on our property at 3759 New Brighton Rd. Our <br />lot is .69 acres with expansive open areas on all sides due to the generous size of <br />neighboring lots and the marshland behind us. Though not required for maintaining <br />healthy bees, our property has perimeter fencing on all sides which we see as an asset <br />to the safety of the hive. The survival of bee hives has become a national issue, and we <br />hope to contribute to the positive environmental impact that honeybees provide. <br />
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