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FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 29170-29181



29170.  No person shall maintain or operate a diseased colony of
bees, except pursuant to Section 29074.



29171.  No person shall conceal or attempt to conceal the fact that
disease exists within an apiary.



29172.  No person shall sell any diseased bees, comb, hive,
appliance, or colony.



29173.  No person shall abandon any diseased apiary.



29174.  No person shall expose to bees any comb or honey from a
diseased colony of bees, except pursuant to Section 29074.



29175.  No person shall extract or render any honey, pollen, or wax
from comb except in a building or enclosure which is so constructed
as to prevent access by bees.



29176.  No person shall possess any comb which is not occupied by a
live bee colony unless the comb is tightly enclosed to prevent access
to the comb by bees.


29177.  Any hive or appliance which contains any comb that is not
occupied by a live bee colony and that is accessible to bees
constitutes a public nuisance. The hive or appliance shall be subject
to abatement in the same manner as is provided in Article 14
(commencing with Section 29200) of this chapter for abatement of
disease.



29178.  No person shall make honey available to bees by means of
open air feeding.



29179.  All beekeepers shall provide movable frames in the brood
area of all hives which they use to contain bees, and shall make
provisions so the bees in the hives shall construct combs in the
frames in such a way that the combs may be removed from the hives for
inspection without damaging other combs in the hives.



29180.  The inspector shall order the owner or person in charge of
any bees which are kept in a box or other unmovable or stationary
comb hive to transfer the bees to a movable frame hive within a
reasonable time, to be specified in the order. In default of transfer
by the owner or person in charge of the bees, the inspector may
destroy in a summary manner the hive and its contents.



29181.  No person shall place, in any combless package of bees or
queen bees offered for sale or shipment, any food which contains
honey.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Fac > 29170-29181

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 29170-29181



29170.  No person shall maintain or operate a diseased colony of
bees, except pursuant to Section 29074.



29171.  No person shall conceal or attempt to conceal the fact that
disease exists within an apiary.



29172.  No person shall sell any diseased bees, comb, hive,
appliance, or colony.



29173.  No person shall abandon any diseased apiary.



29174.  No person shall expose to bees any comb or honey from a
diseased colony of bees, except pursuant to Section 29074.



29175.  No person shall extract or render any honey, pollen, or wax
from comb except in a building or enclosure which is so constructed
as to prevent access by bees.



29176.  No person shall possess any comb which is not occupied by a
live bee colony unless the comb is tightly enclosed to prevent access
to the comb by bees.


29177.  Any hive or appliance which contains any comb that is not
occupied by a live bee colony and that is accessible to bees
constitutes a public nuisance. The hive or appliance shall be subject
to abatement in the same manner as is provided in Article 14
(commencing with Section 29200) of this chapter for abatement of
disease.



29178.  No person shall make honey available to bees by means of
open air feeding.



29179.  All beekeepers shall provide movable frames in the brood
area of all hives which they use to contain bees, and shall make
provisions so the bees in the hives shall construct combs in the
frames in such a way that the combs may be removed from the hives for
inspection without damaging other combs in the hives.



29180.  The inspector shall order the owner or person in charge of
any bees which are kept in a box or other unmovable or stationary
comb hive to transfer the bees to a movable frame hive within a
reasonable time, to be specified in the order. In default of transfer
by the owner or person in charge of the bees, the inspector may
destroy in a summary manner the hive and its contents.



29181.  No person shall place, in any combless package of bees or
queen bees offered for sale or shipment, any food which contains
honey.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Fac > 29170-29181

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 29170-29181



29170.  No person shall maintain or operate a diseased colony of
bees, except pursuant to Section 29074.



29171.  No person shall conceal or attempt to conceal the fact that
disease exists within an apiary.



29172.  No person shall sell any diseased bees, comb, hive,
appliance, or colony.



29173.  No person shall abandon any diseased apiary.



29174.  No person shall expose to bees any comb or honey from a
diseased colony of bees, except pursuant to Section 29074.



29175.  No person shall extract or render any honey, pollen, or wax
from comb except in a building or enclosure which is so constructed
as to prevent access by bees.



29176.  No person shall possess any comb which is not occupied by a
live bee colony unless the comb is tightly enclosed to prevent access
to the comb by bees.


29177.  Any hive or appliance which contains any comb that is not
occupied by a live bee colony and that is accessible to bees
constitutes a public nuisance. The hive or appliance shall be subject
to abatement in the same manner as is provided in Article 14
(commencing with Section 29200) of this chapter for abatement of
disease.



29178.  No person shall make honey available to bees by means of
open air feeding.



29179.  All beekeepers shall provide movable frames in the brood
area of all hives which they use to contain bees, and shall make
provisions so the bees in the hives shall construct combs in the
frames in such a way that the combs may be removed from the hives for
inspection without damaging other combs in the hives.



29180.  The inspector shall order the owner or person in charge of
any bees which are kept in a box or other unmovable or stationary
comb hive to transfer the bees to a movable frame hive within a
reasonable time, to be specified in the order. In default of transfer
by the owner or person in charge of the bees, the inspector may
destroy in a summary manner the hive and its contents.



29181.  No person shall place, in any combless package of bees or
queen bees offered for sale or shipment, any food which contains
honey.