The following words and terms, when used in this title, shall
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
(1) Act--Texas Bee Law, Texas Agricultural Code, Chapter
131, (1981), as amended.
(2) Apiary--A place where colonies of bees or nuclei
of bees are kept.
(3) Bee--Any stage of the common honeybee, Apis mellifera
species.
(4) Beekeeper-- a person who owns, leases, possesses,
controls, or manages one or more colonies of bees for any personal
or commercial purpose.
(5) Chief Apiary Inspector--The Chief Apiary Inspector,
formerly known as State Entomologist, appointed by the director or
his designee.
(6) Colony--A distinguishable localized population
of bees in which one or more life stages may be present.
(7) Director--The director of Texas A&M AgriLife
Research, formerly known as the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.
(8) Disease--American foulbrood, European foulbrood,
or any other contagious or infectious disease of bees, or parasite
or pest that affects bees or brood.
(9) Equipment--Hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves,
tools, machines, including bee removal vacuums, or other devices for
the handling and manipulation of bees, honey, pollen, wax, or hives,
including storage or transporting containers for pollen, honey, or
wax, or other apiary supplies used in the operation of an apiary or
honey house.
(10) Governing board--The Board of Regents of the Texas
A&M University System.
(11) Hive--A box or other shelter containing a colony
of bees.
(12) Honey--The nectar of plants that has been transferred
by, and is the natural product of, bees and that is in the comb or
has been taken from the comb and is packaged in a liquid, crystallized,
or granular form.
(13) Nucleus--A small mass of bees and combs used in
forming a new colony.
(14) Package bees--Live bees in cages without comb.
(15) Person--Any individual, partnership, corporation,
association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization
of any character.
(16) Pollen--Dust-like grains formed in the anthers
of flowering plants in which the male elements or sperm are produced.
(17) Queen apiary--An apiary in which queen bees are
reared or kept for sale, barter, or exchange.
(18) Reportable Diseases--A disease that presents a
significant threat to the population of honeybees and that has been
designated by the Chief Apiary Inspector as a disease or pest that
must be reported under §131.025. The Chief Apiary Inspector shall
publish a list of reportable diseases.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §71.1 adopted to be effective November 9, 1983, 8 TexReg 4482; amended to be effective December 29, 2020, 45 TexReg 9411; amended to be effective October 24, 2023, 48 TexReg 6206 |
