Title 4, Title 4: AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

4:6-13. Sale or removal of infested bees or materials; penalty No owner or other person having diseased bees or their larvae, or infested hives, combs or other appliances or utensils for keeping bees, shall expose, sell, barter or give away or permit the removal thereof until aft…

4:6-14. Shipments of queen bees without certificate attached; penalty No package or parcel containing queen bees shall be shipped or delivered from an apiary where queen bees are raised for sale without having attached to it a certificate from the department, giving the date of t…

4:6-15. Requirements respecting importation of bees or used supplies; penalty No colony or nucleus of bees or used apiary supplies coming from a state or country having apiary inspection service shall be accepted by any person or common carrier for transportation to a point withi…

4:6-16. Information as to number and location of colonies; penalty A person having one or more colonies of bees in his possession or management shall within 8 days after a written request from the department furnish a statement of the number of colonies and the exact location the…

4:6-17. Penalty enforcement; hearing 4:6-17. Any penalty imposed by this act shall be collected or enforced in a summary manner, without a jury, in any court of competent jurisdiction according to the procedure provided by "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). Th…

4:6-18. Right of entry to inspect; interference with officers For the purpose of making the investigations and inspections specified in this chapter and to enforce the provisions of the same, the officers and agents of the department shall have free entry upon or into any apiarie…

4:6-19. Abandoned apiaries; written notice; steps to protect neighboring apiaries When an apiary is deemed to be an abandoned apiary, written notice shall be given by certified mail to the owner or operator thereof, if he can be located, that the apiary is an abandoned apiary. If…

4:6-2. Study of outbreaks The department shall study and investigate or cause to be studied and investigated, outbreaks of any bee disease and other conditions unfavorable to the development of bees within the state.

4:6-20. Rules and regulations The State Board of Agriculture shall have the power to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act. L.1977, c. 159, s. 9, eff. July 14, 1977.

4:6-21 Rules, regulations relative to preservation of honey bee colonies. 1. The Secretary of Agriculture in conjunction with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, and in cooperation with the New Jersey Beekeepers Association, the New Jersey Pest Management Association, a…

4:6-22 Violations; penalties, use. 2. Any person who intentionally destroys a man-made honey bee hive without the approval required pursuant to R.S.4:6-1 et seq. or section 1 of P.L.2007, c.271 (C.4:6-21) shall be liable to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each offense, to be …

4:6-23 Penalty for destruction of man-made native bee hive; definitions. 1. a. Any person who intentionally destroys a man-made native bee hive shall be liable to a civil penalty of up to $500 for each offense. b. Any penalty imposed pursuant to subsection a. of this section shal…

4:6-24 Regulation of breeding, keeping of honey bees. 2. a. The Department of Agriculture shall regulate the breeding and keeping of honey bees and any activities related thereto, including, but not limited to, the use of honey bees for pollination, the reproduction and sale of h…

4:6-3. Infested colonies or apparatus as nuisance A colony of honey bees, or apparatus used in bee-keeping, known to be infested with American foulbrood or European foulbrood or other serious, discoverable, contagious or infectious bee disease is hereby declared a public nuisance…

4:6-4. Investigation of apiaries The department shall investigate or cause to be investigated all apiaries or other places where bees are kept or raised in this state and all complaints of the existence of diseases of any kind in apiaries or other places where bees are kept or ra…

4:6-5. Inspection of apiaries raising queen bees for sale A person in this State engaged in the rearing of queen bees for sale shall have his apiary inspected at least twice during each summer and a person who shall fail to comply with this requirement shall be liable to a penalt…

4:6-6. Certification of apiaries raising queen bees for sale Whenever the department shall find any apiary where queen bees are raised for sale to be free from disease, as defined in section 4:6-1 of this title, he shall furnish the owner with a certificate to that effect. The ce…

4:6-7. Notice to owner of diseased apiary Whenever in the course of the inspections or investigations made or carried on by the department as provided in this chapter, it shall become aware of the existence of disease as defined in section 4:6-1 of this title in any apiary or col…

4:6-8. Contents of notice and order for treatment The notice and order for treatment, referred to in section 4:6-7 of this title, shall be in writing and shall specify the time within which the prescribed treatment shall be administered, which shall not be less than eight days af…

4:6-9. Quarantine provision included in notice and order In order to prevent the spread of the disease as defined in section 4:6-1 of this title between the time of its discovery and its eradication the notice and order shall include a provision placing the bee yard and equipment…