§ 4-12-4 — Inspectors – Qualification.
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Any person appointed by the director as an apiary inspector shall be a
practical beekeeper who before being appointed shall furnish the director with
satisfactory evidence that the appointee possesses a practical knowledge of
beekeeping and is familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of honey bee
diseases and honey bee pests and/or is a graduate of an agricultural college
with qualifying training in apiculture. The state inspector, or appointed
deputies and assistants, may not own more than fifty (50) colonies of honey
bees.