02 NCAC 48A .0225          REGISTRATION OF HONEYBEE COLONIES

(a)  For notification of intent to spray by aerial applicators when an insecticide carrying warning of toxicity to bees on the pesticide label is to be used within one‑half mile of an apiary.

(b)  Registering Agency.  The Plant Industry Division will be responsible for the registration of honeybees and making registration information available to aerial applicators.  Assistance of other state, federal or local agencies will be secured when needed.

(c)  Registration Procedure:

(1)           Beekeepers desiring advance notification of pesticide application under these procedures shall register their apiaries with the registering agency.  The registration period will be from January 1 to December 31 of each year;

(2)           Beekeepers may register their bees at any time of the year but registration will not be effective until the registration revisions have been distributed to aerial applicators;

(3)           The registration will expire on December 31 of each year and must be renewed each year;

(4)           The Plant Industry Division will distribute a list of registration revisions by U.S. mail on the first of each quarter (January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1) to all aerial applicators licensed in North Carolina and the revisions will be effective on the fifth day of the first month in the quarter.  When deemed necessary a special registration list may be distributed more frequently than the first of each quarter;

(5)           A separate registration must be made for each location where bees are kept on which notification is desired;

(6)           Registration must be on forms provided by the Plant Industry Division:

(A)          Registration forms are available from the following:

(i)            North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Plant Industry Division, P.O. Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611;

(ii)           Apiculturist, Entomology Department, N.C., State University, Gardner Hall, Raleigh, NC 27650;

(iii)          All agricultural extension offices;

(B)           The names, addresses, and phone numbers of persons authorized to receive notification must be of people within North Carolina and of such nature that the aerial applicator or his representative can easily give notification of planned application of pesticide; an alternative notification procedure must be provided by beekeepers who are away from primary notification address for periods in excess of 24 hours.  Beekeepers who cannot be contacted or notified of intent to spray for extended periods of time in excess of 24 hours are hereby declared not properly registered;

(7)           A registration fee of one dollar ($1.00) must be paid for each separate registration.

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

Eff. January 1, 1985.