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As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) "Apiary" and "apiary property" includes bees, honey, beeswax,
bee comb, hives, frames and other equipment, appliances and material used
in connection with an apiary.

(2) "Appliances" means any implement or device used in the
manipulating of bees or their brood or hives, which may be used in any
apiary.

(3) "Bees" means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis and
includes the adults, eggs, larvae, pupae or other immature stages
thereof, together with such materials as are deposited into hives by
their adults, except honey and beeswax in rendered form.

(4) "Colony" or "colonies of bees" refers to any hive occupied by
bees.

(5) "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.

(6) "Disease" means pests, disease or any condition affecting bees
or their brood.

(7) "Hive" means any receptacle or container made or prepared for
use of bees, or box or similar container taken possession of by bees.

(8) "Location" means the premises upon which an apiary is located.

(9) "Person" includes any individual, partnership, association or
corporation, but does not include any common carrier when engaged in the
business of transporting bees, hives, appliances, bee cages or other
commodities which are the subject of this chapter, in the regular course
of business. [Amended by 1961 c.177 §1; 1963 c.65 §1; 1989 c.738 §5; 1993
c.350 §1] The State Department of Agriculture
is authorized to appoint a Chief Apiary Inspector and such deputy apiary
inspectors as may be necessary to conduct service work requested by the
apiary industry. The administration of the program shall be under the
direction and control of the Director of Agriculture. The apiary industry
shall pay service fees in amounts established by the department by rule
to cover all expenses incurred in the conduct of the program. [Amended by
1961 c.177 §2; 1993 c.350 §2]

(1) Every person who
owns or is in charge of five or more colonies of bees located within this
state, shall cause the colonies to be registered with the State
Department of Agriculture as in this section provided.

(2) Application for registration shall be made on a form furnished
by the department. The registration shall cover each colony of bees owned
by the applicant, and shall give the locations of such colonies and the
name, address and telephone number of the owner and the name, address and
telephone number of the person in charge if the person in charge is not
the owner. The registration shall be made before June 1 of each year for
all colonies. Each registrant shall furnish an address to which any
notice required by this chapter to be given may be sent, and shall agree
that any notice sent by the department to such address shall be deemed to
be notice in fact.

(3) The application for registration shall be accompanied by a fee
not to exceed $10. For each registration after July 1, the fee shall not
exceed $20. The department, by rule, shall establish the fees subject to
be the maximum limits prescribed in this subsection.

(4) When the ownership of bees which have been subject to the
charge provided in this section is changed, the department shall transfer
the registration to the new owner without charges. However, if the bees
have not been previously registered, the new owner shall pay the
registration fee without penalty.

(5) The department shall maintain records of registered beekeepers
and the number of colonies registered. [Amended by 1953 c.400 §7; 1961
c.177 §6; 1963 c.65 §2; 1989 c.354 §1; 1991 c.633 §1; 1993 c.350 §3] The State Department of Agriculture
shall deposit all fees paid to it under this chapter into the Department
of Agriculture Service Fund. Such fees are continuously appropriated to
the department for the purpose of administering and enforcing this
chapter, including release and publication of information and material to
better acquaint the bee industry with the law and regulations promulgated
thereunder. [Amended by 1961 c.177 §7; 1979 c.499 §16]

In order to prevent
and control apiary diseases, the State Department of Agriculture:

(1) May designate diseases and conditions which threaten the honey
bee population in this state.

(2) May establish by rule treatment programs designed to eradicate
or control the disease or condition.

(3) May establish rules regulating commercial facilities which
render diseased wax. [1989 c.738 §2; 1993 c.350 §4; 1993 c.742 §63]Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any of the
provisions of ORS 602.090 or 602.190, or any rule adopted pursuant
thereto, is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $500 or
imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both.
[Amended by 1993 c.350 §5; 1999 c.1051 §320]

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