Texas Agriculture Code 131.023 – Sale of Queen Bee and Attendants, Package Bees, Colonies, and Nuclei
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Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code 131.023
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
A person may not sell or offer for sale a queen bee and attendant bees, package bees, colonies, nuclei, or queen cells in this state unless the bees are accompanied by:
(1) a copy of a certificate from the chief apiary inspector certifying that the apiary from which the bees were shipped has been inspected not more than 12 months before the date of shipment and found apparently free from disease; or
(2) a copy of an affidavit made by the beekeeper stating that to the beekeeper’s knowledge, the bees are not diseased.