It is unlawful for a person to:

(1)  extract honey in any place where bees can gain access either during or after the extraction process;

Terms Used In Utah Code 4-11-113

  • Apiary: means any place where one or more colonies of bees are located. See Utah Code 4-11-102
  • Apiary equipment: means hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, or other equipment used to handle or manipulate bees, honey, wax, or hives. See Utah Code 4-11-102
  • Appliance: means any apparatus, tool, machine, or other device used to handle or manipulate bees, wax, honey, or hives. See Utah Code 4-11-102
  • Colony: means an aggregation of bees in any type of hive that includes queens, workers, drones, or brood. See Utah Code 4-11-102
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Disease: means any infectious or contagious disease affecting bees, as specified by the department, including American foulbrood. See Utah Code 4-11-102
  • Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)  maintain any neglected or abandoned hives, apiary equipment, or appliances other than in an enclosure that prohibits the entrance of bees;

(3)  raise bees without being registered with the department; or

(4)  knowingly sell a colony, apiary equipment, or appliance that is inoculated with terminal disease pathogens.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session