Definitions - 3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2102

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     § 2102.  Definitions.
        The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
     shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
     context clearly indicates otherwise:
        "Apiary."  Any place where one or more colonies or nuclei of
     bees are kept.
        "Apiary yard."  A fixed location or locations in this
     Commonwealth where an apiary is maintained on a continuing basis
     from which hives may be moved to temporary locations for crop
     pollination and returned.
        "Appliance."  Any apparatus, tool, machine or other device
     used in the handling and manipulating of bees, honey, wax and
     hives and any container of honey and wax which may be used in
     any apiary or in transporting bees and their products and apiary
     supplies.
        "Bee."  Any stage of the common hive or honeybee (Apis
     mellifera) or other species of the genus Apis.
        "Bee disease."  Any American or European foul brood, sac
     brood, bee paralysis or other disease or abnormal condition of
     eggs, larval, pupal or adult stages of the honeybee.
        "Bureau."  The Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of
     Agriculture.
        "Hive."  Any frame hive, box hive, box, barrel, log, gum,
     skep or other receptacle or container, natural or artificial, or
     any part thereof, which may be used or employed as a domicile
     for bees.
        "Owner of an apiary."  Includes all colonies owned by an
     individual and located in any permanent location or locations
     within this Commonwealth.
        "Queen apiary."  Any apiary or premises in which queen bees
     are reared or kept for sale or gift.
        "Violation."  A violation of this chapter or any order or
     regulation promulgated under this chapter.

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