SECTION .0200 ‑ HONEY AND BEE INDUSTRY

02 NCAC 48A .0201          DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of this Section the following shall apply:

(1)           Uniform Health Certificate.  A uniform Health Certificate agreed on by several states;

(2)           Compliance Agreement.  An agreement between the State Apiarist and a beekeeper wherein the beekeeper agrees to follow certain procedures or maintain certain conditions as a prerequisite for authorization to ship bees or apiary equipment into or within North Carolina;

(3)           Inspector.  Persons designated by the Commissioner to be responsible for performing inspections, services, and enforcing the bee and honey laws and regulations of North Carolina;

(4)           Nuclei or Nuc.  Small colonies of honeybees on one to four brood combs, usually with queen, eggs and developing bees, in a hive or box suitable for shipping or mailing;

(5)           Package Bee Producer.  A beekeeper who is in the business of producing worker bees for sale and shipment without comb or honey in screened cages or packages suitable for shipping or mailing;

(6)           Queen Breeder.  A beekeeper who is in the business of producing queen bees for sale and shipment without comb or honey in cages suitable for shipping or mailing;

(7)           State Apiarist.  The person designated by the commissioner to be responsible for administering and enforcing the North Carolina bee and honey laws and regulations.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 106‑634 through 106‑644;

Eff. January 1, 1985;

Amended Eff. October 1, 1987.