Section 2-14-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COLONY OF BEES. A queen bee and worker bees on comb enclosed in any container. (2) APIARY. A location or site on which one or more colonies of bees is located. […]
Section 2-14-10 Quarantining of apiary or colony of honeybees infected with contagious or infectious disease, etc.; moving of quarantined bees, supplies or equipment. Any apiary or colony of honeybees found infected with American Foulbrood or any other contagious or infectious disease or otherwise found to be kept or moved or transported in violation of the […]
Section 2-14-11 Destruction of diseased bees, supplies or equipment. Any colony or colonies of bees, combs, honey frames, hives, supers or other beekeeping supplies or equipment found to be infected with American Foulbrood or any other infectious or contagious disease of bees which cannot be satisfactorily controlled is hereby declared to be a public nuisance […]
Section 2-14-12 Failure of owner to treat or destroy bees, equipment, etc., upon notification by commissioner; hearing for review of order of commissioner to treat or destroy diseased bees, etc.; enforcement of order. It shall be unlawful for any owner or keeper of bees who shall have been notified by the Commissioner of Agriculture and […]
Section 2-14-13 Rules and regulations. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the evident intent and purpose of this chapter, including rules and regulations to govern the shipment, movement, or transportation of […]
Section 2-14-14 Designation of State Apiarist; powers thereof. The employee of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries performing the duties of chief, director or supervisor of the division of plant industry shall be the State Apiarist, and he shall exercise all the powers vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in the enforcement […]
Section 2-14-15 Penalties for violations of provisions of chapter, rules or regulations, etc. Any person who shall perform any of the acts declared by this chapter to be unlawful or who fails to perform any duty imposed by the provisions of this chapter or who violates any quarantine order issued under the provisions of this […]
Section 2-14-2 Purpose of chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to prevent the introduction into and dissemination within this state of contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees by providing for the registration, inspection and control of honeybees and apiaries, which activity is hereby found and declared by the Legislature to promote agriculture in the […]
Section 2-14-3 Registration of colonies, bee yards, and apiaries; disposition of fees and fines. Every beekeeper, owner or others in possession of any honeybees shall, on or before October 1 of each year, register with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries every colony of honeybees, bee yards or apiaries in their possession or under their […]
Section 2-14-4 Movement or shipment of honeybees into state. (a) All honeybees shipped or moved into the State of Alabama shall be accompanied by a certificate of inspection, signed by the apiary inspector or other official performing similar duties of the state or country from which shipment is made, certifying that the bees and the […]
Section 2-14-5 Shipment, movement, etc., into state of used beekeeping equipment or supplies. It shall be unlawful to ship, move or otherwise transport into this state for delivery within the state any previously used honey containers or any hives, combs, frames, appliances, supers or other beekeeping equipment or supplies which have been previously used in […]
Section 2-14-6 Shipment, movement, etc., of used beekeeping equipment or appliances without permit from Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. It shall be unlawful to move, transport or ship any honeybees, combs or used beekeeping equipment or appliances without a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries bearing the approval or countersignature of the State […]
Section 2-14-7 Owners, etc., to mark used hive-bodies and supers; marks, etc., to be approved by State Apiarist. To adequately identify used bee equipment, the owner or other person in possession of such equipment shall be required to mark all hive-bodies and supers with an easily identified symbol, which symbol or identifiable mark must be […]
Section 2-14-8 Preparation and maintenance of county maps of apiary locations. The State Apiarist shall prepare or cause to be prepared county maps showing the exact location of all apiaries located in each county of the State of Alabama. County maps shall be kept current based on information obtained from annual apiary inspections. (Acts 1965, […]
Section 2-14-9 Eradication or control of contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees; inspection; fees; transfer of honeybees to hives with movable frames. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in this chapter, shall have full and plenary power […]
