MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1607

DISEASED COLONIES.

IF ANY BEEKEEPER KNOWS THAT BEES HE OWNS ARE
INFECTED WITH FOUL BROOD, BLACK BROOD, OR ANY OTHER
INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASE HARMFUL TO HONEY BEES
IN THE EGG, LARVAL, PUPAL, OR ADULT STATE, HE
IMMEDIATELY SHALL NOTIFY THE SECRETARY.

(E) POSSESSION PROHIBITED.

A PERSON MAY NOT MAINTAIN A COLONY OF BEES
INFECTED WITH FOUL BROOD, BLACK BROOD, OR ANY OTHER
INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASE HARMFUL TO HONEY BEES
IN THE EGG, LARVAL, PUPAL, OR ADULT STATE, EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED BY §5-503 (A).

(C) DISTRIBUTION PROHIBITED.

NO PERSON WHO KNOWS THAT A CONTAGIOUS OR
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXISTS AMONG HIS BEES, MAY SELL,
BARTER, DONATE, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY OF THEM,
THEIR PRODUCTS, OR ANY HIVE, SUPER, FRAME, SECTION, OR
OTHER APPLIANCE USED ABOUT THE DISEASED BEES, UNLESS
DISINFECTED OR TREATED IN A MANNER SATISFACTORY TO THE
SECRETARY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) is new language
derived from the second clause of Art. 48,
§103 of the Code.

Subsection (b) presently appears as the first
clause of Art. 48, §103 of the Code.

Subsection (c) presently appears as the last
sentence of Art. 48, §103 of the Code.

The only other changes made are in style.

SEC. 5-506. COLONIES SHIPPED OR TRANSPORTED INTO THE

STATE.

(A) CERTIFICATE OF APIARY INSPECTOR REQUIRED.

NO COLONY OF BEES MAY BE SHIPPED OR TRANSPORTED
INTO THE STATE FOR DELIVERY TO ANY CONSIGNEE RESIDING
IN THE STATE, UNLESS THE COLONY IS ACCOMPANIED BY A
WRITTEN CERTIFICATE FROM A PERSON CHARGED WITH
INSPECTING APIARIES, STATING THAT HE HAS INSPECTED THE
COLONY, AND THAT IT IS FREE FROM INFECTIOUS OR
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.