ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
Article 1 added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.
§§ 29000–29013 · 15 sections
- § 29000 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: A healthy and vibrant apiary industry is important to the economy and welfare of the people of the State of…
- § 29001 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as, the “Apiary Protection Act.” Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the…
- § 29002 “Apiary” includes bees, comb, hives, appliances, or colonies, wherever they are kept, located, or found.
- § 29003 “Appliance” means any implement or other device which is used in handling and manipulating bees or comb, any container of bees or comb, or any other equipment…
- § 29004 “Bees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis. It includes all life stages of these insects.
- § 29005 “Board” means the Apiary Board.
- § 29005.5 “Broker” means a person or entity that receives a monetary profit from the managing of beehives, hive equipment, or honey bees that they do not own, but have…
- § 29006 “Colony” means one hive and its contents, including bees, comb, and appliances.
- § 29007 “Comb” includes all materials which are normally deposited into hives by bees. It does not include extracted honey or royal jelly, trapped pollen, and…
- § 29008 “Commissioner” means a county agricultural commissioner.
- § 29009 “Pest” includes American foulbrood or any other infectious disease, parasite, pest, or hereditary disease that affects bees that the secretary declares by…
- § 29010 “Infected,” “infested,” “contaminated,” or “diseased” includes a viable stage of a life cycle of a “pest” as defined in Section 29009 can be demonstrated to…
- § 29011 “Hive” means any receptacle or container, or part of any receptacle or container, which is made or prepared for the use of bees, or which is inhabited by bees.
- § 29012 “Inspector” means any person who has received a certificate issued by the department with curriculum approved by the secretary and who is authorized to enforce…
- § 29013 “Location” means any premises upon which an apiary is located.