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.]