California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 14 - Apiary Inspection

• Section 29200.
  The Legislature finds that in order to ensure the vitality of the apiary industry, to protect the welfare of the people of the State of...
• Section 29201.
  (a) The director, or the commissioner, or any inspector acting under their direction, may enter if he or she determines it to be necessary, any location...
• Section 29202.
  If, in the course of an inspection authorized by Section 29201, the inspector finds or has reason to suspect that there are pests in the...
• Section 29203.
  If infestation is found in an apiary, the inspector shall notify the owner or person in charge or possession of the apiary in writing. The...
• Section 29204.
  Every infested apiary is a public nuisance. The owner or person in charge or possession of any apiary, upon finding an infestation to be present,...
• Section 29205.
  The notice may be served upon the person that has possession or that owns the infested apiary, personally or by certified mail to his or...
• Section 29206.
  If the infestation found in an apiary is American foulbrood, the time specified in the notice shall not be less than 24 hours nor more...
• Section 29207.
  If American foulbrood is found in an apiary, the abatement shall be by killing the bees in the infested colonies and disposing of the hives...
• Section 29208.
  (a) If abatement is by burning, the person abating shall act in accordance with applicable air pollution control district or air quality maintenance district regulations and...
• Section 29209.
  If the owner or person in charge or possession of an apiary in which an infestation is found to exist cannot be located after diligent...
• Section 29210.
  If an abatement notice as required by this article has been served upon the owner or bailee of an apiary, the owner or bailee, before...
• Section 29211.
  In those instances when the inspector has sealed the infested hive after making a field determination, if a beekeeper appeals the inspector’s field determination, the...
• Section 29212.
  The specimen shall be subjected to a laboratory diagnosis by the director, or at his or her direction. The written determination which sets forth the...
• Section 29213.
  The disease which is named by the director in a written response to the appeal may be abated pursuant to this chapter. Pending the determination...

Last modified: October 22, 2018