California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 29000.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:A healthy and vibrant apiary industry is important to the economy and welfare of the people of the State...
• Section 29001.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as, the “Apiary Protection Act.” Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern...
• Section 29002.
  “Apiary” includes bees, comb, hives, appliances, or colonies, wherever they are kept, located, or found.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
• Section 29003.
  “Appliance” means any implement or other device which is used in handling and manipulating bees or comb, any container of bees or comb, or any...
• Section 29004.
  “Bees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis. It includes all life stages of these insects.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
• Section 29005.
  “Board” means the Apiary Board.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
• Section 29006.
  “Colony” means one hive and its contents, including bees, comb, and appliances.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
• Section 29007.
  “Comb” includes all materials which are normally deposited into hives by bees. It does not include extracted honey or royal jelly, trapped pollen, and processed...
• Section 29008.
  “Commissioner” means a county agricultural commissioner.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
• Section 29009.
  “Pest” means American foulbrood or any other infectious disease, parasite, pest, or hereditary disease that affects bees which the director by regulations declares is detrimental...
• Section 29010.
  “Infected,” “infested,” “contaminated,” or “diseased” means that a viable stage of a life cycle of a “pest” as defined in Section 29009 can be demonstrated...
• Section 29011.
  “Hive” means any receptacle or container, or part of any receptacle or container, which is made or prepared for the use of bees, or which...
• Section 29012.
  “Inspector” means any person who is authorized to enforce this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
• Section 29013.
  “Location” means any premises upon which an apiary is located.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018