Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 18 - FLAT RACING; CLAIMING RACES › Rule 3 - Control of Pests or Pathogens › Section 3-7 - Africanized bees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-24-3
Affected: IC 14-24
Sec. 7.
(a) Apis
				mellifera scutellata is a species or subspecies of bee which may endanger the
				honey industry in Indiana.
(b) Apis
				mellifera scutellata is a pest or pathogen. This section governs the control of
				Apis mellifera scutellata.
(c) This
				subsection provides the criteria to establish what is the minimum action
				required to control Apis mellifera as follows:
(1) If one (1) swarm, nest, or managed colony
				without a comb with a less than seven-tenths (0.7) probability of
				Africanization is detected or confirmed by the division, no additional action
				is required.
(2) If one (1) swarm
				or nest without a comb having at least a seven-tenths (0.7) probability of
				Africanization (or a managed colony with a seven-tenths (0.7) to nine-tenths
				(0.9) probability of Africanization) is detected or confirmed by the division,
				the following applies:
(A) The following for
				feral bees:
(i) Any swarm or nest shall be
				destroyed.
(ii) If the bees are
				detected in association with a vehicle of conveyance or transportation, the
				vehicle shall not leave the site until eradication is completed.
(B) The following for a managed
				colony of bees:
(i) Requeening and brood
				disposal of the colony shall be completed.
(ii) Other colonies in the vicinity of the
				affected colony shall be sampled as determined by the division.
(3) If two (2) or three
				(3) swarms or one (1) nest with a comb having seven-tenths (0.7) or greater
				probability of Africanization (or a managed colony with more than a nine-tenths
				(0.9) probability of Africanization) is detected within an area that is no
				larger than one (1) square mile, the following applies:
(A) The following for feral bees:
(i) Any swarm or nest of feral bees within
				the area of one (1) square mile shall be destroyed.
(ii) Any managed colony within the one (1)
				square mile area shall be inspected.
(B) The following for a managed colony of
				bees which has more than a nine-tenths (0.9) probability of Africanization:
(i) The bees and broods in the colony shall
				be destroyed.
(ii) All feral swarms
				and nests within the one (1) square mile area shall be destroyed.
(iii) Any other managed colony within the one
				(1) square mile area shall be inspected.
(iv) Queen excluders shall be placed on any
				managed colony to confine the queen within the colony until inspection and
				control activities are completed within the one (1) square mile area which is
				regulated under this subsection.
(4) If an inspection of an adjacent apiary
				with a previous detection of Africanization also discloses evidence of
				Africanization, the adjacent apiary is an extension of the original detection
				and shall be treated as provided in this subsection depending upon the
				probability of Africanization. Any managed colony subsequently found in a
				physically separate apiary is a separate detection and treated depending upon
				the probability of Africanization.
(5) The division director may order
				eradication activities in addition to those prescribed in subdivisions (1)
				through (4) where appropriate to the control of Apis mellifera
				scutellata.
(6) An eradication
				activity required under this subsection shall continue for the longer of the
				following periods:
(A) Until eradication is
				declared by the division director.
(B) One (1) year.
(7) Unless otherwise inconsistent with IC
				14-24 or this article, the division may apply the recommendations for the
				control of Apis mellifera scutellata which are contained in USDA-APHIS-PPQ-EP,
				Action Plan for African Honey Bee (1983).