Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7509 – Movement of bees, equipment or appliances from infected apiary
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No person shall sell, barter or give away, accept, receive or transport any bees, equipment or appliances from an apiary known to be affected with a bee disease, mite infestation, exotic mite or Africanized honey bee, without the consent in writing of the State Apiarist, until colonies in the apiary have been inspected by the State Apiarist or the bee inspector and the disease, mite infestation, exotic mite or Africanized honey bee found, in his or her judgment, to be controlled or eradicated.
46 Del. Laws, c. 111, § ?8; 3 Del. C. 1953, § ?7509; 65 Del. Laws, c. 366, § ?6; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 82 Del. Laws, c. 181, § 1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7509
- Apiary: means any place where one or more colonies of honey bees are kept. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7501
- Appliances: means any apparatus, tools, machine, or other device used in the handling of bees, honey, wax and hives, and includes smokers, veils, gloves, hive tools, extractors, as well as any container of bees, honey or wax which may be used in an apiary or in transporting bees and their products. 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
- Exotic mite: means Tropilaelaps clarae, Varroa jacobsoni, Varroa rindereri, Varroa sinhai, Varroa wongsirii, or other non-endemic species. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7501
- Inspector: means any qualified person who is appointed by the Department for the purpose of inspecting honey bee colonies. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7501
- Mite: means Acarapis woodi, Varroa destructor. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7501
- Mite infestation: means the parasite or pathogen will threaten the colony health if action is not taken. 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