Title 4 Utah Agricultural Code Chapter 11 Utah Bee Inspection Act Section 7 County bee inspector -- Duties -- Diseased apiaries -- Examination of diseased bees by department -- Election to transport bees to wax-salvage plant.
4-11-7.County bee inspector -- Duties -- Diseased apiaries -- Examination of
diseased bees by department -- Election to transport bees to wax-salvage plant.
(1) The county bee inspector shall inspect all apiaries within the county at least once each
year and, also, inspect immediately any apiary within the county which is alleged in a written
complaint to be diseased.
(2) If upon inspection the inspector determines that an apiary is diseased, the inspector
shall take the following action:
(a) Prescribe the course of treatment that the owner or caretaker of the bees shall follow
to eliminate the disease; or
(b) Personally, for the purpose of treatment approved by the department, take control of
the diseased bees, hives, combs, broods, honey, and equipment; or
(c) Destroy the diseased bees and, if necessary, their hives, combs, broods, honey, and all
appliances which may have become infected.
(3) The owner of an apiary who is dissatisfied with the diagnosis or course of action
proposed by an inspector under this section may, at such owner's expense, have the department
examine the alleged diseased bees. The decision of the commissioner with respect to the
condition of such bees at the time of the examination is final and conclusive upon the owner and
the inspector involved.
(4) The owner of a diseased apiary, notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections (2) and
(3) of this section, may elect under the direction of the county bee inspector to kill the diseased
bees, seal their hives, and transport them to a licensed wax-salvage plant.
Enacted by Chapter 2, 1979 General Session
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