Pennsylvania § 2102 - Definitions.
Full text of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 2102 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Apiary." Any place where one or more colonies or nuclei of bees are kept.
"Apiary yard." A fixed location or locations in this Commonwealth where an apiary is maintained on a continuing basis from which hives may be moved to temporary locations for crop pollination and returned.
"Appliance." Any apparatus, tool, machine or other device used in the handling and manipulating of bees, honey, wax and hives and any container of honey and wax which may be used in any apiary or in transporting bees and their products and apiary supplies.
"Bee." Any stage of the common hive or honeybee (Apis mellifera) or other species of the genus Apis.
"Bee disease." Any American or European foul brood, sac brood, bee paralysis or other disease or abnormal condition of eggs, larval, pupal or adult stages of the honeybee.
"Bureau." The Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture.
"Hive." Any frame hive, box hive, box, barrel, log, gum, skep or other receptacle or container, natural or artificial, or any part thereof, which may be used or employed as a domicile for bees.
"Owner of an apiary." Includes all colonies owned by an individual and located in any permanent location or locations within this Commonwealth.
"Queen apiary." Any apiary or premises in which queen bees are reared or kept for sale or gift.
"Violation." A violation of this chapter or any order or regulation promulgated under this chapter.
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