Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Section 3.1-610.10 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Duty of keepers as to hives

§ 3.1-610.10. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Duty of keepers as to hives

It shall be the duty of all persons engaged in beekeeping to provide movable frames with combs or foundation in all hives used by them to contain bees, except for short periods, not to exceed the first spring honey flow, and to cause the bees in such hives to construct brood combs in such frames so that any of the frames may be removed from the hive without injuring other combs in such hive. It shall be the duty of any person keeping bees within the Commonwealth to securely and tightly close the entrance of any hive in apiaries not free from disease in which the bees shall have died either during the winter or at any other time, and to make the hive tight in such manner that robber bees cannot enter or leave such hive or obtain honey therefrom. The sealing of such hives must be maintained so long as the hives remain in the yard or in any place where honeybees can gain access to them.

(Code 1950, §§ 3-497, 3.1-602; 1966, c. 702; 1972, c. 499.)

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