Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3026
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3026
- Apiary: means a place where one or more colonies of bees are kept and shall include hives and bees. See
- 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
- Equipment: means hives, supers, and frames. See
- Owner: means a person who in any way owns, leases, possesses, or otherwise controls an apiary, colony, hive, bees, or equipment and shall include the agent of such person. See
- Person: shall include all corporations, partnerships, associations, societies, individuals or group of individuals, or any employee, servant, or agent acting for or employed by any person as defined in this subdivision. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. See
§ 3026. Sale or other unauthorized disposition of diseased bees
The owner of any apiary in which a disease exists shall not knowingly sell, barter, give away, or move any diseased bees, colonies, honey, hives, combs, or equipment without the written consent of the Secretary; such person shall not in any way expose other bees to the danger of the disease. (Added 1983, No. 83, § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2023, No. 73, § 9, eff. July 1, 2023.)