Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3028
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3028
- 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
- 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
§ 3028. Traffic in bees; inspection; certification
A person engaged in the rearing of bees for sale shall have the person’s apiary inspected by the Secretary within 45 days prior to any sale and, if any disease is found that is injurious to bees, shall at once cease to ship bees from such diseased apiary until the Secretary declares, in writing, such apiary free from all such diseases, and whenever the Secretary shall find the apiary rearing bees for sale free from disease, the Secretary shall furnish the owner with a certificate to that effect. (Added 1983, No. 83, § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2019, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2023, No. 73, § 11, eff. July 1, 2023.)