Section 5-501 - Definitions.

§ 5-501. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Abandoned apiary.- "Abandoned apiary" means an apiary where a beekeeper fails to maintain a colony. 

(c)  Apiary.- "Apiary" means a place where one or more bee colonies may be maintained. 

(d)  Appliance.- "Appliance" means any device used in handling bees, hives, honey, or wax. 

(e)  Bee.- "Bee" means the common honey bee, apis mellifera, at any stage of development. 

(f)  Bee equipment.- "Bee equipment" means any part of a hive, including any frame, hive body, or super. 

(g)  Colony.- "Colony" means a hive that contains bees, comb, and honey. 

(h)  Disease.- "Disease" means an abnormal condition resulting from action by a parasite, predator, or infectious agent. 

(i)  Hive.- "Hive" means a container for housing bees. 

(j)  Honey house.- "Honey house" means a structure where honey is extracted and processed for sale. 

(k)  Packaged bee.- "Packaged bee" means any bee shipped in a combless package. 
 

[1980, ch. 387.]