Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 270 - MAINE APIARY RULES AND REGULATIONS › INTRODUCTION › Section 001-270-II - Definition of Terms

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. The terms used
				  in these rules are defined below:
1.
Abate
means to take steps to terminate the risk of spread of
				  contamination including destruction of contaminated hives and/or
				  equipment.
2.
Acarapis woodi
means an endoparasitic mite of
				  adult honeybees that lives in the anterior thoracic trachea, commonly referred
				  to as the " tracheal mite".
3.
Africanized honeybee
means honeybees of the subspecies Apis
				  mellifera scutellata.
4.
American foulbrood
means an infectious spore-forming bacterial
				  disease caused by
Bacillus larvae
.
5.
Apiary
means all colonies,
				  hives, and equipment assembled in one location.
6.
Beehive
means man-made box or
				  receptacle for housing a colony of bees.
7.
Brood
means all bees in their
				  immature stages (eggs, larvae, and pupa).
8.
Certified health certificate
means a statement issued by a state or federal official certifying that bees or
				  beekeeping equipment are apparently free of regulated pests, diseases, or
				  genetic material based on an inspection.
9.
Chalkbrood
means the fungal
				  disease of honeybee larvae caused by
Ascosphaera
				  apis
.
10.
Colony
means an aggregate of worker bees, drones, queen, and
				  developing young, living together in a hive or other dwelling.
11.
Commissioner
means the
				  Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and
				  Forestry.
12.
Contaminated
means infected, exposed to infection, or liable to
				  carry infection, with disease of the honeybee.
13.
Department
means the Maine
				  Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
14.
Disease
means any contagious
				  and infectious pathogen or parasite of honeybees which is detrimental to
				  beekeeping and the beekeeping industry, such as American foul brood, European
				  foul brood, and Chalk brood.
15.
European foul brood
means bacterial disease of honeybee larvae
				  caused by
Melis sococcus pluton
.
16.
Frame
means the movable
				  wooden or plastic enclosing border of honeycomb.
17.
Genetic material
means any
				  material used in biological reproduction, including, but not limited, to all
				  life stages of bees, sperm, and ova.
18.
Hive
means man-made home for
				  honeybees, also, referred to as a colony.
19.
Hive body
means wooden box
				  that encloses the frame for holding honeycomb, also referred to as a
				  super.
20.
Honey bee
means the species of bee identified as
Apis
				  mellifera
.
21.
Non-regulated pests and genetic material
means those diseases,
				  pests and parasites or genetic material of minimal impact to the beekeeping
				  industry that are not subject to regulation.
22.
Nuclei
means any division or
				  portion of a hive that contains comb, immature honeybees, adult honeybees, and
				  a queen honeybee; usually 5 frames or less, used to form a new
				  colony.
23.
Parasite
means any organism which derives nutrients by living on or in a honey bee and
				  is detrimental to beekeeping and the beekeeping industry, such as
Varroa destructor
and
Tropilaelaps
spp.
24.
Queen
means
				  sexually developed female honeybee.
25.
Regulated pests and genetic
				  material
means those diseases, parasites, or genetic material designated
				  by the Commissioner that must be abated due to their negative impact on the
				  beekeeping industry.
26.
Resmethrin
means a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used to abate
				  infected or infested honeybee colonies.
27.
State apiary inspector
means
				  any person designated by the Commissioner to inspect honey bee colonies in
				  order to determine presence of pests or unwanted genetic material and enforce
				  Maine Apiary Program statutes and rules.
28.
Super
means hive body used
				  for the storage of surplus honeycomb.
29.
Tropilaelaps
spp.
means external parasitic mites
				  found on certain species of honeybees.
30.
Varroa
				  destructor
means external parasitic mite of certain species of
				  honeybee that feed on living larvae, pupae, and adult honeybees.