3.2-2801 - Plant Pollination Advisory Board; purpose. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-2801. Plant Pollination Advisory Board; purpose.

The Plant Pollination Advisory Board is established as an advisory boardwithin the Department.

The purposes of the Plant Pollination Advisory Board are to:

1. Sponsor or encourage research, education, and promotion of beekeeping andpollination;

2. Identify and implement methods for improving Virginia's rank as ahoney-producing Commonwealth;

3. Assure Virginia agriculture of a reliable supply of pollinators;

4. Achieve public acknowledgment of apiculture's contribution to the publicwelfare;

5. Establish a reservoir of expertise among young people throughencouragement of educational and promotional activities; and

6. Conduct methods improvement projects to improve management, production,and pest control in apiculture.

(1977, c. 452, §§ 3.1-610.22, 3.1-610.24, 3.1-610.25; 1978, c. 267; 1992, c.121; 2008, c. 860.)