Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 8.00 - Apiary Inspection Regulations › Section 8.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Abandoned Hive
: any unattended,
				unmarked, occupied or unoccupied honey bee hive exposed to occupancy by honey
				bee swarms.
Africanized Honey Bee
. Any Honey Bee
				identified by a Department approved lab to be classified as
Apis
				mellifera scutellata
.
American Foulbrood
. The contagious
				bacterial disease of Brood which is caused by
Paenibacillus
				larvae
.
Animal Parasite
: any parasitic mites,
				including but not limited to the Honey Bee Tracheal Mite,
Acarapis
				woodi
Rennie, Varroa mite,
Varroa jacobsoni
Oudemans,
				and
Tropilaelaps clareae
.
Apiary
. Any place, or location where
				one, or more Colonies, Hives, or associated equipment is kept.
Bee
: the honey bee,
Apis
				mellifera
Linneaus, Africanized honey bee,
Apis mellifera
				scutellata
, or any other bee of the Genus
Apis
, at
				all life stages.
Beekeeper
. Any person who owns, keeps,
				manages, or oversees Colonies, Hives, or Apiaries.
Brood
. Any Honey Bee in the egg,
				larval or pupal life stage of development prior to emergence as adults from
				their cells.
Brood comb
: any structure composed of
				beeswax cells in which a queen honey bee lays eggs and where immature life
				stages of honey bees are reared.
Certificate
. A document of inspection
				issued by the inspector of apiaries or other officer charged with similar
				duties in that state in which the Honey Bee, Hive, Colony, Package, Comb or
				equipment originates, indicating the presence, or absence of Honey Bee Disease,
				Parasite, or Pest in a Colony, Hive, or Apiary equipment.
Certificate of Inspection
: a document
				issued by the Massachusetts Department of Food & Agriculture indicating the
				presence or absence of bee disease(s) and/or parasites in a colony or
				apiary.
Chalkbrood
. The contagious fungal
				disease of Brood which is caused by
Ascophaera apis
.
Chief Apiary Inspector
. The person
				designated by the Commissioner to perform the duties of the Department relative
				to the inspection and control of Honey Bees and to enforce, along with
				Inspectors, M.G.L. c. 128, §§ 32 through 38.
Colony
. The Hive, Honey Bees, Brood,
				Comb, Honey, nectar, pollen, bee bread, and propolis.
Comb
. Any structure composed of wax
				cells which may contain Brood, Honey, nectar, pollen, bee bread, and
				propolis.
Commissioner
. The Commissioner of the
				Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
Destroy
: the elimination or disposal
				of honey bees, equipment, or any other hive product involved in beekeeping, by
				burning or any other methods recommended by the Department of Food &
				Agriculture.
Department
. The Massachusetts
				Department of Agricultural Resources.
Disease
. Any infectious, contagious,
				harmful disease, or disease agents including, but not limited to, American
				Foulbrood, European Foulbrood, Chalkbrood, Nosema, viruses, or any other
				abnormal condition of Brood, or adult life stages of Honey Bees.
European Foulbrood
. The contagious
				bacterial disease of Brood which is caused by
Melissococcus
				pluton
.
Hive
. Any box, or other receptacle, or
				container, natural, or artificial, or any part thereof, which shall be used, or
				employed as a domicile for Honey Bees.
Honey
. The natural food product made
				by Honey Bees from nectar collected from a flower's nectaries, or a plant's
				extrafloral nectaries.
Honey Bee
. Any life stage of the
				insect belonging to
Apis mellifera
.
Honey Bee Disease
: any infectious,
				contagious or harmful disease, including but not limited to: American
				foulbrood, European foulbrood, sacbrood, chalkbrood
Ascophaera
				apis
,
Nosema apis
, bee paralysis virus, or any
				abnormal condition of eggs, larval, pupal or adult life stages of honey
				bees.
Honeycomb
: any structure composed of
				beeswax cells in which honey bees store honey.
Inspector
. Any person designated by
				the Chief Apiary Inspector to inspect Honey Bee Hives, Colonies, Apiaries, or
				any other used equipment, or materials in order to determine conditions of
				Honey Bee Disease, Parasite, or Pest infestation, and to enforce M.G.L. c. 128,
				§§ 32 through 38.
Nosema
. The contagious fungal disease
				of Honey Bees which is caused by
Nosema apis
, or
Nosema ceranae
.
Owner
: any person who owns or controls
				hives or beekeeping equipment.
Order
. An enforceable document issued
				by the Department with instructions on certain corrective actions, or to
				refrain from an activity.
Package
. Any Combless and Broodless
				shipping container of Honey Bees with or without a queen.
Parasite
. Any parasitic mites, or
				insects including, but not limited to, the Tracheal Mite (
Acarapis
				woodi
), Varroa Mites (
Varroa destructor
,
Varroa jacobsoni
), Tropilaelaps Mites (
Tropilaelaps
				clareae
,
Tropilaelaps mercedesae
), or any other
				external, or internal parasite of Honey Bees.
Person
. An individual, association,
				partnership, corporation, company, business organization, trust, estate, the
				Commonwealth, or its political subdivisions, administrative agencies, public,
				or quasi-public corporation of body, or any other legal entity, or its legal
				representative, agent, or assign, or a group of persons.
Pest
. Any pest mites, or insects
				including, but not limited to, the Small Hive Beetle
(Aethina
				tumida
), wax moths (
Galleria mellonella, Achroia
				grisella
), Asian Giant Hornet (
Vespa mandarinia
), or
				any other pest of Honey Bees.
Robbing
. The removal of Honey, nectar,
				pollen, or bee bread from a Colony, or Hive by Honey Bees not belonging to that
				Colony, or Hive.
Super
. Any box, or other receptacle,
				or container, natural, or artificial, or any part thereof, which shall be used,
				or employed for honey production.
Supplier
. Any Person selling a Honey
				Bee Package, Colony, Hive, or used beekeeping equipment, or Comb in the
				Commonwealth.
Virus
: including but not limited to
				Acute and Chronic Paralysis Virus, Hairless Black Syndrome, Black Queen Cell
				Virus, Kashmir Bee Virus, Filamentous Virus, Bee Virus X, and Bee Virus
				Y.