Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3036

  • Disease: shall mean any serious malady that is infectious, contagious, or injurious to bees and shall include American foulbrood, European foulbrood, or external or internal parasites or parasitoids of bees. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. See

§ 3036. Monitoring of pollinator health

The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall monitor managed pollinator health to establish pollinator health benchmarks for Vermont, including:

(1) presence of pesticides in hives;

(2) mite pressure;

(3) disease pressure;

(4) mite control methods;

(5) genetic influence on survival;

(6) winter survival rate; and

(7) forage availability. (Added 2021, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2022.)

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