Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7504 – Registration of bees with State Apiarist
(a) All persons keeping bees in the State or moving bees into the State shall annually register any and all of their colonies and apiary locations with the Department on forms supplied by the Department on or before January 30 of each year. If bees are acquired after January 30 of the year, then they shall notify the State Apiarist in writing within 10 days of the time the bees are acquired, of the number and location of colonies.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7504
- Apiary: means any place where one or more colonies of honey bees are kept. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7501
- Bees: means any stage of development of the common honey bee, Apis mellifera, or of any other bee species being transported into Delaware for any purpose. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7501
- Department: means the Delaware Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7501
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) All persons renting, moving or holding bees on their land for any person, shall notify the State Apiarist in writing within 10 days of the time the bees are acquired, of the number and location of colonies.
46 Del. Laws, c. 111, § ?4; 3 Del. C. 1953, § ?7504; 65 Del. Laws, c. 366, § ?4; 82 Del. Laws, c. 181, § 1;