SECTIONS 29070-29074 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 29070-29074

29070. (a) Any person relocating a colony of bees from a registered
apiary in one county to another county, where the apiary is not
registered for the current calendar year, shall notify the
destination commissioner by telephone within five days of the first
movement. The notification shall include all of the following:
(1) The name and address of the apiary operator or his or her
designated representative.
(2) A telephone number where the apiary operator or his or her
designated representative may be reached.
(b) The apiary operator or his or her designated representative
shall provide locations of each colony upon request by the
commissioner of any county.
(c) Subsequent movement into the destination county shall not
require further notification to the commissioner if, when the apiary
operator removes the last colony from the county, he or she notifies
the commissioner of that final movement within 72 hours.

29070.5. (a) Any apiary operator or his or her designated
representative relocating a colony of bees within a county where the
apiary is currently registered is not required to notify the
commissioner of the movement.
(b) The apiary operator or his or her designated representative
shall provide the commissioner with all locations of colonies upon
request.

29071. It is lawful for any person, except when prohibited by other
provisions of this chapter, to do any of the following:
(a) Transport any contaminated hive, together with its contents,
to a suitable place for burning, or to a wax salvage plant licensed
under Article 11 (commencing with Section 29150), after the person
has killed the bees in the hive and sealed the hive to prevent the
entrance of live bees.
(b) Transport contaminated comb, including any frame associated
with it, to a suitable place for burning, or to a wax salvage plant,
licensed under the provisions of Article 11 (commencing with Section
29150) if the comb is tightly enclosed to prevent access to the comb
by bees.

29072. No person shall move or transport any bees, comb,
appliances, or colonies within the state which are diseased, except
for abatement pursuant to this chapter or for research pursuant to
Section 29074.

29073. The inspector, in a summary manner, may destroy where
required, any and all diseased colonies, bees, combs, or hives which
are unlawfully moved within the state wherever they may be found.

29074. The director by written permit, subject to conditions the
director may determine are necessary to protect the beekeeping
industry of this state, may authorize federal and state agencies to
transport and maintain within the state diseased bees, comb, hives,
appliances, or colonies for the purpose of studying methods of
eradicating and controlling bee diseases.