Fla. Admin. Code R. 5B-54.003

Current through Reg. 50, No. 217; November 5, 2024

Section 5B-54.003 - Regulated Honey Bee Pests, Races, and Regulated Articles

The following honey bee pests, races, and articles are found to be capable of damaging or causing abnormalities to honey bees, colonies of honey bee or beeswax and is declared to constitute a nuisance. Any other honey bee pest, race, or regulated article will be considered a threat to the state upon a risk assessment conducted by the Department. The risk assessment will be incident specific, and may include, but is not limited to, the origin, regulatory environment of origin, and nature of the honey bee pest, race, or regulated article.

(1) Honey bee pests:

(a) American foulbrood. The disease organism known as Paenibacillus larvae.

(b) The mite Troplaelaps clareae.

(2) Honey bee races:

(a)Apis mellifera scutellata, African honey bee.

(b)Apis mellifera capensis, Cape honey bee.

(3) Regulated Articles:

(a) Honey bee. All forms of the insect, Apis mellifera.

(b) Regulated honey bee pests. Those honey bee pests listed under Rule 5B-54.003, F.A.C.

(c) Unwanted races of honey bees listed under subsection (2).

(d) Used beekeeping equipment or fixtures.

Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 5B-54.003

Rulemaking Authority 586.10(2) FS. Law Implemented 586.10(3) FS.

New 11-22-88, Amended 11-4-92, 7-9-95, 3-11-04, 8-24-05, Amended by Florida Register Volume 44, Number 050, March 13, 2018 effective 3/27/2018.

New 11-22-88, Amended 11-4-92, 7-9-95, 3-11-04, 8-24-05, 3-27-18.