2016 Utah Code
Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code
Chapter 11 - Utah Bee Inspection Act
Section 2 - Definitions.

Effective 5/13/2014
4-11-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:

• (1) "Abandoned apiary" means any apiary:
  • (a) to which the owner or operator fails to give reasonable and adequate attention during a given year, with the result that the welfare of a neighboring colony is jeopardized; or
  • (b) that is not properly identified in accordance with this chapter.

• (2) "Apiary" means any place where one or more colonies of bees are located.

• (3) "Apiary equipment" means hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, or other equipment used to handle or manipulate bees, honey, wax, or hives.

• (4) "Appliance" means any apparatus, tool, machine, or other device used to handle or manipulate bees, wax, honey, or hives.

• (5) "Bee" means the common honey bee, Apis mellifera, at any stage of development.

• (6)
  • (a) "Beekeeper" means a person who keeps bees in order to:
    • (i) collect honey and beeswax;
    • (ii) pollinate crops; or
    • (iii) produce bees for sale to other beekeepers.
  • (b) "Beekeeper" includes an apiarists.

• (7) "Colony" means an aggregation of bees in any type of hive that includes queens, workers, drones, or brood.

• (8) "Disease" means any infectious or contagious disease affecting bees, as specified by the department, including American foulbrood.

• (9) "Hive" means a frame hive, box hive, box, barrel, log, gum skep, or other artificial or natural receptacle that may be used to house bees.

• (10) "Package" means any number of bees in a bee-tight container, with or without a queen, and without comb.

• (11) "Parasite" means an organism that parasitizes any developmental stage of a bee.

• (12) "Pest" means an organism that:
  • (a) inflicts damage to a bee or bee colony directly or indirectly; or
  • (b) may damage apiary equipment in a manner that is likely to have an adverse affect on the health of the colony or an adjacent colony.

• (13) "Raise" means:
  • (a) to hold a colony of bees in a hive for the purpose of pollination, honey production, study, or similar purpose; and
  • (b) when the person holding a colony, holds the colony or a package of bees in the state for a period of time exceeding 30 days.

• (14) "Terminal disease" means a pest, parasite, or pathogen that will kill an occupant colony or subsequent colony on the same equipment.

Amended by Chapter 411, 2014 General Session