California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

• Section 79611.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912)...
• Section 79612.
  “Apiary” means the physical location where beekeepers place one or more colonies of honeybees. As an adjective, “apiary” means pertaining to any aspect of beekeeping...
• Section 79613.
  “Beekeeper” means a person who keeps bees.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2011.)
• Section 79614.
  “Bees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis. It includes all life stages of these insects. For purposes of this chapter, bees and honeybees are...
• Section 79615.
  “Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the activities subject to this...
• Section 79616.
  “Colony” means the queen, the adult worker and drone bees, and the brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae) living together in a single society.(Added by Stats....
• Section 79617.
  “Commission” means the California Apiary Research Commission.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2011.)
• Section 79618.
  “Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2011.)
• Section 79619.
  “Districts” consist of the following:(a) District 1 consists of the California Counties of El Dorado, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, Solano, Sonoma, and all counties north of these...
• Section 79620.
  “Ex officio members” are nonvoting members of the commission.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2011.)
• Section 79621.
  “Hive” means the structure containing a honeybee colony.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2011.)
• Section 79622.
  “Hive products” means materials collected or generated by honeybees, other than bees and honey, including, but not limited to, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly, venom, and...
• Section 79623.
  “Fiscal year” means the period beginning January 1 of any year and extending through the last day of December of that same year.(Added by Stats....
• Section 79624.
  “Out-of-state beekeeper” means a producer whose principal residence is in an area outside of California.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective...
• Section 79625.
  “Pest” means American foulbrood or any other disease, parasite, virus or fungus, predator, or hereditary disorder that is detrimental to honeybees.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch....
• Section 79626.
  “Pollination unit” means a colony of adequate strength to meet the criteria delineated in a pollination contract for use in commercial crop pollination.(Added by Stats....
• Section 79627.
  “Principal residence” means where the producer pays his or her state and local income tax.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective...
• Section 79628.
  “Producer” means an individual beekeeper or business who owns or operates, or owns and operates, more than 50 colonies in California, with the intent to...
• Section 79629.
  “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2011.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018