ARTICLE 2. Definitions
Article 2 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1.
§§ 79611–79629 · 19 sections
- § 79611 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 79612 “Apiary” means the physical location where beekeepers place one or more colonies of honeybees. As an adjective, “apiary” means pertaining to any aspect of…
- § 79613 “Beekeeper” means a person who keeps bees.
- § 79614 “Bees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis. It includes all life stages of these insects. For purposes of this chapter, bees and honeybees are…
- § 79615 “Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the…
- § 79616 “Colony” means the queen, the adult worker and drone bees, and the brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae) living together in a single society.
- § 79617 “Commission” means the California Apiary Research Commission.
- § 79618 “Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture.
- § 79619 “Districts” consist of the following: (a) District 1 consists of the California Counties of El Dorado, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, Solano, Sonoma, and all…
- § 79620 “Ex officio members” are nonvoting members of the commission.
- § 79621 “Hive” means the structure containing a honeybee colony.
- § 79622 “Hive products” means materials collected or generated by honeybees, other than bees and honey, including, but not limited to, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly,…
- § 79623 “Fiscal year” means the period beginning January 1 of any year and extending through the last day of December of that same year.
- § 79624 “Out-of-state beekeeper” means a producer whose principal residence is in an area outside of California.
- § 79625 “Pest” means American foulbrood or any other disease, parasite, virus or fungus, predator, or hereditary disorder that is detrimental to honeybees.
- § 79626 “Pollination unit” means a colony of adequate strength to meet the criteria delineated in a pollination contract for use in commercial crop pollination.
- § 79627 “Principal residence” means where the producer pays his or her state and local income tax.
- § 79628 “Producer” means an individual beekeeper or business who owns or operates, or owns and operates, more than 50 colonies in California, with the intent to earn…
- § 79629 “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.