2006 New York Code - Transportation Of Bees And Bee Material.

 
    § 175. Transportation  of  bees  and bee material.  1. No person shall
  transport, move, sell, barter, offer for sale  or  barter,  deliver,  or
  offer  for transportation any colony of bees, used comb, used beekeeping
  material, or live bees unless it be within the beekeeper's own  premises
  without a permit from the commissioner, except that colonies of bees and
  used  beekeeping  equipment which are not infected with or have not been
  exposed to bee disease, and which are not infested  with  and  have  not
  been exposed to insects or parasitic organisms adversely affecting bees,
  or  to  species  or subspecies of bees which have been determined by the
  commissioner to cause injury, directly or indirectly,  to  this  state's
  useful   bee  population,  crops,  or  other  plants  may  be  moved  or
  transported without a permit provided that  the  commissioner  has  been
  notified  in writing of such intention not less than ten days before the
  bees and equipment are moved.
    2. No person shall transport, move, buy, sell, possess, barter,  offer
  for  sale or barter, deliver, or offer for transportation any species or
  subspecies of bees which have been determined  by  the  commissioner  to
  cause  injury,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  this  state's  useful bee
  population, crops, or other plants, provided, that the commissioner  may
  at his discretion exempt the transportation, sale, possession, movement,
  or  delivery  of  such bees for scientific or educational purposes under
  such safeguards as he may deem necessary.
    3. Every shipment of live bees in cages or packages without comb  into
  this  state  from another state or foreign country, shall be accompanied
  by a permit issued by the commissioner, or by a certificate  of  freedom
  from  disease  executed  by an official of such state or foreign country
  recognized by the commissioner.
    4. Every shipment of a colony of  bees,  used  comb,  used  beekeeping
  equipment,  or  live  bees on comb into this state from another state or
  foreign country,  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  permit  issued  by  the
  commissioner  or  by a certificate of freedom from disease, from insects
  and parasitic organisms adversely affecting bees  and  from  species  or
  subspecies  of  bees  which  have been determined by the commissioner to
  cause  injury  directly  or  indirectly,  to  this  state's  useful  bee
  population,   crops  or  other  plants  and  certifying  that  a  proper
  inspection was made not earlier than sixty days preceding  the  date  of
  shipment.  Such  certificate  shall  be  executed by an official of such
  state or foreign country recognized by the commissioner. A duplicate  of
  such  certificate  shall  be  mailed to the commissioner before any such
  shipment enters this state. Every transportation company upon receipt of
  such shipment shall immediately notify the commissioner thereof,  giving
  the name and address of the consignor and consignee.