landowner/beekeeper agreement ?

[prana vallabha]

hi ,,,, i have been asked to put 2 hives on someones land and i would like to know if there is any template out there or do you just come to some agreement between each other ... All input is welcome as this side of beekeeping is new to me .....Many thanks in advance

 

[dexter's shed]

being a woodland owner, if I was allowing someone, it would probably be a gentleman's agreement or at the very most, quickly penned onto a bit of A4
along the lines of

I hereby give (full name) permission to enter my land (land title)
for any works involving bees/bee hives,

names and address of both parties along with phone numbers

 

[snelgrove]

most farmers are happy to have bees on there land a few jars of honey now and again is usually all that is needed

 

[RogueDrone]

3 out apiaries and no one has ever asked for a written agreement. They are happy with a batch of honey at harvest then the odd jar through the year as required. One asked me to produce wedding favours this was all done word of mouth FOC.

Colin

 

[Stiffy]

hi ,,,, i have been asked to put 2 hives on someones land and i would like to know if there is any template out there or do you just come to some agreement between each other ... All input is welcome as this side of beekeeping is new to me .....Many thanks in advance

I have 4 out-apiaries and only one on a military base has insisted on a written agreement. The RAMS is 10 pages long and had to be signed off, although I doubt literally by the secretary of state. If it wasn't such a good site I would have left a long time ago.

I would try and avoid if possible and keep it simple, if there are any problems just be prepared to move them.
S

 

[Matt77]

Just to echo what has been said previously, both my apiaries are on two different farmers' land. Nothing in writing, but both were actually very happy for the bees to be there. Potentially very beneficial for them I guess.

I was told the traditional rent was 1 jar of honey per hive per year.

 

[B+.]

most farmers are happy to have bees on there land a few jars of honey now and again is usually all that is needed

Thank heavens that there are still people around where your word is guarantee enough. I have never been asked, or asked anyone else, to sign an agreement. I always feel that its a bit like a pre-nuptual agreement. If you are seeking to protect yourself going into an arrangement, you can't be that committed to seeing it through.
Maybe thats just me though. I take people at their word.

 

[dpearce4]

I put up a legal agreement for anyone to use here

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=453034&postcount=11

hope it helps

 

[Hebeegeebee]

I can't open it, is it just me?

 

[REDWOOD]

An agreement with the landowner sealed with a handshake does it for me.

 

[Swarm]

An agreement with the landowner sealed with a handshake does it for me.

I wouldn't want any other sort.

 

[thorn]

I put up a legal agreement for anyone to use here

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=453034&postcount=11

hope it helps

There's no sanity clause.

 

[BeeJayBee]

I put up a legal agreement for anyone to use here

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=453034&postcount=11

hope it helps

I can't open it, is it just me?

No, I can't open it either.

dp - any chance of reposting it, please.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

There's no sanity clause.

do you know of any sane beekeepers then?

 

[Robbo8916]

I'm having to sign an agreement for the solar farm site but that's more because I will be obtaining keys to the securely fenced area. Think its more to say that I won't let some baddies in to remove all the solar panels than anything to do with the bees.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I don't have any bees on somebody else's land any more but when I did it was with a simple handshake.
I see OP hasn't revisited this thread though

 

[mintmoth]

There's no sanity clause.

What??

Who brings all the presents then?

 

[B+.]

What??

Who brings all the presents then?

You misread it. He said sanITY clause, not sanTA claus

 

[dpearce4]

No, I can't open it either.

dp - any chance of reposting it, please.

Yep if I can find it

 

[prana vallabha]

many thanks to all who has contributed and a simple handshake was all that was needed ,so once again many thanks .....