SECTIONS 79611-79629 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 79611-79629

79611. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this chapter.

79612. "Apiary" means the physical location where beekeepers place
one or more colonies of honeybees. As an adjective, "apiary" means
pertaining to any aspect of beekeeping or the beekeeping industry.

79613. "Beekeeper" means a person who keeps bees.

79614. "Bees" means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis. It
includes all life stages of these insects. For purposes of this
chapter, bees and honeybees are interchangeable terms.

79615. "Books and records" means books, records, contracts,
documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data
pertaining to matters relating to the activities subject to this
chapter.

79616. "Colony" means the queen, the adult worker and drone bees,
and the brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae) living together in a single
society.

79617. "Commission" means the California Apiary Research
Commission.

79618. "Department" means the Department of Food and Agriculture.

79619. "Districts" consist of the following:
(a) District 1 consists of the California Counties of El Dorado,
Marin, Napa, Sacramento, Solano, Sonoma, and all counties north of
these counties.
(b) District 2 consists of the California Counties of Inyo, Kern,
San Luis Obispo, and all counties north of these counties up to the
southern boundary of District 1.
(c) District 3 consists of the California counties south of
District 2.
(d) District 4 consists of all areas not in California.

79620. "Ex officio members" are nonvoting members of the
commission.

79621. "Hive" means the structure containing a honeybee colony.

79622. "Hive products" means materials collected or generated by
honeybees, other than bees and honey, including, but not limited to,
beeswax, pollen, royal jelly, venom, and propolis.

79623. "Fiscal year" means the period beginning January 1 of any
year and extending through the last day of December of that same
year.

79624. "Out-of-state beekeeper" means a producer whose principal
residence is in an area outside of California.

79625. "Pest" means American foulbrood or any other disease,
parasite, virus or fungus, predator, or hereditary disorder that is
detrimental to honeybees.

79626. "Pollination unit" means a colony of adequate strength to
meet the criteria delineated in a pollination contract for use in
commercial crop pollination.

79627. "Principal residence" means where the producer pays his or
her state and local income tax.

79628. "Producer" means an individual beekeeper or business who
owns or operates, or owns and operates, more than 50 colonies in
California, with the intent to earn income.

79629. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.