Section 160.15 – Payment of expenses.
160.15 Payment of expenses. All expenses, except salaries, incurred by the state apiarist or the apiarist’s assistants in the performance of their duties within a county shall be paid not to exceed two hundred dollars per annum for the purpose of eradication of diseases and parasites among bees. Such work of eradication shall be done […]
Section 160.16 – Importing a colony from another state — fee.
160.16 Importing a colony from another state — fee. Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1032, §10.
Section 160.1 – Appointment by secretary of agriculture.
160.1 Appointment by secretary of agriculture. There is hereby created and established within the department the office of state apiarist. The state apiarist shall be appointed by and be responsible to and under the authority of the secretary of agriculture in the issuance of all rules, the establishment of quarantines and other official acts. [C24, […]
Section 160.1A – Definitions.
160.1A Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Apiary” means a place where one or more bee colonies are maintained. 2. “Bee” means a honeybee belonging to the genus apis. 3. “Colony” means a queen bee and more than one worker bee located on beeswax combs and enclosed in a […]
Section 160.2 – Duties.
160.2 Duties. The state apiarist shall do all of the following: 1. Give lectures and demonstrations in the state on the production of honey, the care of the apiary, the marketing of honey, and upon other kindred subjects relative to the care of bees and the profitable production of honey. 2. Examine bees, combs, and […]