Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XV - Plant Protection and Quarantine › Chapter 5 - Honey Bees and Apiaries (Formerly LAC 7:XXI.Chapter 25) › Section XV-501 - Definitions (Formerly LAC 7:XXI.2501)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
				  have the meaning hereafter ascribed to them, unless the context clearly
				  indicates otherwise.
Agent
-an authorized representative of the
				  state entomologist and/or the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Apiary
or
Yard
-the assembly
				  of one or more colonies of bees at a single location.
Apiary Law and Regulation
-the provisions in
				  title 3 of the
Louisiana Revised
Statutes regulating apiaries
				  and the regulations promulgated in Title 7 of the
Louisiana
				  Administrative Code
regulating apiaries.
Beekeeper
-an individual, firm or
				  corporation, who owns or has under his control one or more colonies of
				  bees.
Certificate of Inspection
-a document issued
				  after authorized personnel have inspected bees or regulated articles prior to,
				  and for the purpose of, the movement of such bees or regulated articles.
Colony
or
Hive
-an aggregate
				  of bees consisting principally of workers, but having, when perfect, one queen
				  and at times many drones; including brood, combs, honey, and the receptacles
				  inhabited by the bees.
Comb Package
-a package of bees shipped or
				  moved on a comb containing honey and/or brood, with or without a queen.
Combless Package
-a package of bees shipped
				  or moved without comb, with or without a queen.
Commissioner
-the commissioner of agriculture
				  and forestry.
Department
-the Louisiana Department of
				  Agriculture and Forestry.
Disease
or
Pest
-any
				  infectious condition of bees which is detrimental to the honey bee industry,
				  including, but not limited to, American foulbrood.
Frame
-a wooden or plastic case for holding
				  honeycomb.
Infested
-the presence of any disease or pest
				  of bees.
Nucleus
-bees, brood, combs and honey in or
				  inhabiting a small hive or portion of a standard hive or other dwelling
				  place.
Permit
-a registration certificate issued by
				  the department to a beekeeper upon registration in accordance with the apiary
				  laws and regulations.
Person
-an individual, firm, corporation or
				  other legal entity.
Quarantine
-an official act of the state
				  entomologist which prohibits or limits movement of bees or regulated articles
				  when necessary to control, eradicate or prevent the introduction, spread or
				  dissemination of any and all diseases of bees and all other pests of bees. A
				  quarantine is local when it covers specific apiaries, colonies, bees or
				  regulated articles, or another specific location. A quarantine is geographic
				  when it covers a general area.
Quarantine Area
-any area of the state
				  designated by the state entomologist as having regulated articles which are or
				  may be infected by a disease and/or infested with a pest, which presents a
				  danger to other colonies of bees.
Queen
-a fully developed female bee, capable
				  of being fertilized.
Regulated Areas
-geographical areas outside
				  of the state of Louisiana which have been designated by the U.S. Department of
				  Agriculture, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, or local
				  governmental officials as infested states or counties. Any state or county
				  which fails to conduct annual inspections in accordance with inspection
				  standards adopted by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall
				  be presumed to be a regulated area.
Regulated Articles
-colonies of bees, nuclei,
				  comb or combless packages of bees, queens, used or second-hand beekeeping
				  fixtures or equipment, and anything that has been used in operating an
				  apiary.
State Entomologist
-the entomologist of the
				  Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Super
-a standard frame hive body (all
				  depths).
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  3:2302 and
				  R.S.
				  3:2303.