Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3024
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3024
- Apiary: means a place where one or more colonies of bees are kept and shall include hives and bees. See
- Bee: means the insect commonly known as the honey bee (apis mellifera), or other species of the genus apis, at any stage of its existence, including the egg, larval, pupal, or adult stages. See
- Destroy: means to burn bees, combs, and frames, or other equipment that cannot be disinfected by scorching or other approved methods. 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
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. See
§ 3024. Apiary inspection; owners to control or eradicate bee diseases
The Secretary or the Secretary’s inspectors may examine all apiaries as necessary and ascertain whether any disease that is injurious to bees is present. If any such disease is found, the Secretary 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; 2023, No. 73, § 7, eff. July 1, 2023.)