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Commission members highlight pollinator habitat, beekeeping and agritourism review
Summary
Members discussed apiary challenges, loss of wildflower habitat for pollinators, and agreed to review other towns' agritourism policies for pick‑your‑own operations, farm events and Christmas tree farms.
Teesha Grant described challenges she has faced managing apiaries and raised concerns about limited open space and loss of wildflower habitat for pollinators. Commission members discussed promoting pollinator pathways and community areas to support bees and other pollinators.
The group also flagged agritourism—pick‑your‑own operations, farm events and Christmas tree farms—as a topic for policy review and agreed to examine how other Connecticut towns regulate such activities in order to inform East Hampton policy recommendations.
