Bee Keeping Regulations

BEE KEEPING [S.L.36.36 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 36.36 BEE KEEPING REGULATIONS 3rd November, 1992 LEGAL NOTICE 110 of 1992. Title.1. The title of these Regulations is Bee Keeping Regulations. Interpretation.2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries and includes any officer of the department duly authorised by the Director to act on his behalf; "to keep" means to rear for the production of honey, beeswax, other subsidiary products and the pollination of fruit trees, flowers and vegetables. Registration of bee colonies. 3. Any person who is the owner or has the control of any number of bee colonies or who knows that a colony is nesting on his property, shall register such number of bee colonies with the Director. Place where bee colonies are kept. 4. The Director may at any time enter any place where bee colonies are kept or are established, or where he suspects that bee keeping i s prac t i sed or bee h ives ex is t , for the purpose of inspecting such colonies. Movement of diseased colonies. 5. Nobody can move diseased colonies from any apiary without a written permit from the Director. Destruction of diseased colonies. 6. The Director may order the destruction of any diseased bee colony.