§ 3024 - Apiary inspection; owners to control or eradicate bee diseases
§ 3024. Apiary inspection; owners to control or eradicate bee diseases
The secretary, or his inspectors, may examine all apiaries as necessary and ascertain whether any disease which is injurious to bees is present. If any such disease is found, he shall give the owners or caretakers of the diseased apiaries written orders to treat, destroy, or otherwise handle the colonies in order to prevent the spread or dissemination of the disease. (Added 1983, No. 83, § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)