The secretary, in consultation with the board, may approve programs statewide to train, on a voluntary basis, beekeepers, inspectors, or commissioners in contemporary and geographically relevant colony management, including, but not limited to, the maintenance of colonies free from Africanized honey bees.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 683, Sec. 24. (AB 719) Effective January 1, 2023.)