Title 11, Agriculture, Livestock And Other Animals

General apiary registrations. (a) In order to control, limit and prevent the spread of bee diseases, bee parasites or bee pests among bees, hives and apiaries and to control, limit and prevent interference with proper feeding and honey flow of established apiaries, general apiari…

Pollination apiary registrations. (a) The department may grant pollination apiary registrations to commercial seed and fruit producers or other commercial agricultural producers under the following conditions: (i) The applicant must own, lease or rent the land upon which the poll…

Landowner apiary registrations. (a) The department may grant landowner apiary registrations under the following conditions: (i) The applicant shall be a landowner, as defined in W.S. 11-7-131(a)(xiii) and shall own the land upon which the apiary will be located; (ii) The applican…

Hobbyist apiary registrations. (a) The department may grant hobbyist apiary registrations to hobbyist beekeepers under the following conditions: (i) The applicant shall not own a total of more than five (5) hives, and all of the hives must be placed on the hobbyist apiary; (ii) T…

Restrictions on apiary locations. Pollination apiaries, landowner apiaries and hobbyist apiaries may be located less than two (2) miles from pollination apiaries, landowner apiaries, hobbyist apiaries and general apiaries registered to other persons. General apiaries may be locat…

Changing locations; enlarging or selling apiaries. (a) No owner of an established registered apiary shall change the location of the apiary without first receiving from the department authorization to establish the new apiary. In making the application, the owner shall specify th…

New locations; evidence of owner's or manager's permission. Any person registering a new location for the first time shall have the approval signature of the landowner or manager thereof indicating that the landowner has given permission to place an apiary on his property.

Minimum number of colonies. All registered bee locations must consist of not less than ten (10) colonies of bees during a minimum of forty-five (45) or more continuous days during any part of normal buildup or honey producing period of the year. This provision does not apply to b…

Normal buildup and honey producing season; registration time; voiding registration. (a) The normal buildup and honey producing season begins on May 1 and continues through September 30. (b) The regular registration time consists of the months of February through April. (c) The es…

Forfeit of registration; termination of rights; disposition of equipment. (a) The registration of an apiary which is not stocked with bees during at least forty-five (45) continuous days of the normal buildup or honey producing season is forfeited and all rights under the certifi…

Registration fees. (a) Each year before a certificate of registration may be issued for an apiary, the owner or applicant for the certificate shall pay the department a registration fee in the amount authorized by W.S. 11-1-104, with the exception of those apiaries classified as …

Holding yard apiary location. (a) The department may grant a certificate of registration for a temporary holding yard location to provide an area for holding hives prior to and after returning from pollination of a commercial agricultural crop in another state. (b) A temporary ho…

Spray yard apiary location. (a) The department may grant a certificate of registration for a spray yard apiary location to provide an area for holding hives during pesticide application to allow a safe haven for the health and safety of the bees. (b) A spray yard apiary location …

Variance agreements. (a) Upon request from a general beekeeper, the department may enter into a variance agreement with the general beekeeper because of drought conditions, crop rotation, conservation reserve program acres or other unforeseen circumstances adverse to a yard locat…

Apiaries; powers and duties of the department. (a) To prevent the spread of bee diseases, bee parasites or bee pests among bees and apiaries, to protect apiaries against depredation by wildlife and to assist law enforcement agencies in an effort to alleviate losses due to theft, …

Importation of bees, combs or hives. (a) A beekeeper shall notify the department and request an inspection to be conducted at any specified registered location or holding yard not later than fourteen (14) days after entry of any colony into this state. Following an inspection for…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Bee" means any stage in the life cycle of a bee of the species Megachile rotundata (F), commonly known as the alfalfa leaf-cutter bee; (ii) "Certification" means the process of analyzing bees and equipment by the department to determine …

Duties and powers of department. (a) The department shall: (i) Administer this act; (ii) By rule or regulation adopt minimum standards for the presence of pathogens and parasites in bees to be certified, imported and possessed or controlled in this state; (iii) Whenever it has re…

Annual certification; application; inspection of sample; recertification; fees. (a) No person shall import, possess or control alfalfa leaf-cutter bees in this state unless the bees are certified annually under this section. (b) To certify bees, a person shall file a completed ap…

Importation restrictions. (a) No bee shall be imported into this state except under the provisions of this section. (b) Prior to the importation of any bee, the importer shall file a completed application form as required under W.S. 11-7-403(b) and arrange a date and time for ins…

Restrictions on rearing, moving and trapping bees; permits; fees. (a) No person shall rear any bee in a nesting material from which samples of loose larval cells cannot readily be obtained such as drilled boards or soda straws. (b) No person shall move any quarantined bee or equi…

Penalty. Any person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Each day a violation of this act continues is a separate offense.

Laboratory authorized; fees for services. The department may develop and maintain a laboratory at the University of Wyoming agriculture extension center at Powell to provide analytical services required under this act and may authorize the laboratories to provide services to pers…