Section 5-504 - Diseased colonies or equipment. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-504. Diseased colonies or equipment.
 

(a)  Possession prohibited.- Except as provided in this section, a person may not keep a colony or possess bee equipment that is infected with an infectious bee disease. 

(b)  Notice to Department.- Each beekeeper with an infected colony shall notify the Department. 

(c)  Distribution.- A beekeeper may not sell, barter, or give to any person any infected colony, bee equipment, or appliance unless it is treated in a manner that the Department approves. 

(d)  Quarantine; treatment; destruction.-  

(1) The Department may do any of the following: 

(i) After sending to the beekeeper a written notice of quarantine, quarantine any apiary containing an infected colony or bee equipment; 

(ii) Order treatment of an infected colony or bee equipment; and 

(iii) Order destruction of an infected colony or bee equipment. 

(2) A quarantine shall remain in effect until the Department issues a written release of the quarantine. 

(3) The Department shall instruct the beekeeper on any treatment or destruction that is ordered under this section. 
 

[1980, ch. 387.]