2007 California Food and Agricultural Code Article 16. Africanized Honey Bees

CA Codes (fac:29320-29321)

29320.  The secretary, in cooperation with the Regents of the
University of California, may approve programs statewide to train, on
a voluntary basis, beekeepers in the maintenance of colonies free of
Africanized honey bees.


29321.  (a) Any hive or comparable apparatus that is not occupied by
a live bee colony, and that is accessible to bees, is a public
nuisance.  The hive or apparatus shall be subject to abatement in the
manner provided for in Article 14 (commencing with Section 29200).
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if the commissioner
determines that any bees present in an abandoned hive or comparable
apparatus are not aggressive and harbor no diseases, the abandoned
hive or comparable apparatus shall not be deemed a public nuisance.
In those cases, the commissioner may request that any beekeeper
remove the hive or comparable apparatus from the premises.  Any
beekeeper who complies with the commissioner's request may take
permanent possession of the abandoned hive or apparatus.