Title 06, Title 06: Agriculture

§ 3024. Apiary inspection; owners to control or eradicate bee diseases The Secretary or the Secretary’s inspectors may examine all apiaries as necessary and ascertain whether any disease that is injurious to bees is present. If any such disease is found, the Secretary shall give …

§ 3025. Second inspection of diseased colonies; destruction The Secretary or the Secretary’s inspectors shall inspect all diseased apiaries a second time not less than 10 days after the first inspection. If the existence of disease within the apiary has been confirmed by a labora…

§ 3026. Sale or other unauthorized disposition of diseased bees The owner of any apiary in which a disease exists shall not knowingly sell, barter, give away, or move any diseased bees, colonies, honey, hives, combs, or equipment without the written consent of the Secretary; such…

§ 3027. Abandoned apiaries and equipment Any diseased hive or hives found by the Secretary or the Secretary’s inspector in an abandoned apiary shall be destroyed. Any abandoned diseased beekeeping equipment may be destroyed. (Added 1983, No. 83, § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, ef…

§ 3028. Traffic in bees; inspection; certification A person engaged in the rearing of bees for sale shall have the person’s apiary inspected by the Secretary within 45 days prior to any sale and, if any disease is found that is injurious to bees, shall at once cease to ship bees …

§ 3029. Movable comb frames required (a) All hives shall be constructed with frames containing the honeycombs and brood combs that may be removed from the hive for purposes of inspection. Upon determination that any hive containing bees is not constructed with removable frames, t…

§ 3030. Rules The Secretary may adopt and enforce rules to implement the requirements of this chapter, including rules regarding: (1) inspection, disinfection, seizure, destruction, or other disposition of bees, equipment, or bee products capable of carrying or transmitting any d…

§ 3031. Right of entry; impeding prohibited The Secretary or the Secretary’s inspector may enter at a reasonable hour public or private premises, except private dwellings, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and shall have access, ingress, and egress to an…

§ 3032. Transportation of bees or used equipment into the State (a) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, bees, used equipment, or colonies shall not be brought into the State of Vermont unless approved by the Secretary by permit. The Secretary shall not approv…

§ 3033. Shipping bees or equipment into another state or country; application for inspection; expenses; certificate (a) If an owner wishes to ship bees or equipment into another state or country, the owner may apply to the Secretary for an inspection for bee diseases likely to pr…

§ 3034. Establishing an apiary location No person shall locate an apiary within two miles of an existing apiary registered to a different person, with the following exceptions: (1) A person may locate an apiary anywhere on the person’s own property. (2) Beekeepers with a total ow…

§ 3035. Penalty A person who violates a provision of this chapter, or a regulation adopted under its authority, shall be fined not more than $500.00 for each offense. (Added 1983, No. 83, § 1.)

§ 3036. Monitoring of pollinator health The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall monitor managed pollinator health to establish pollinator health benchmarks for Vermont, including: (1) presence of pesticides in hives; (2) mite pressure; (3) disease pressure; (4) mite …