N.H. Admin. Code § Agr 1802.01

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Agr 1802.01 - Definitions

In Agr 1800, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Abate" means to take steps to terminate the development or spread of contamination by bee diseases, parasites or pests;

(b) "Acarapis woodi (Rennie)" means an endoparasitic mite of adult honeybees that lives in the anterior thoracic trachea. This mite is commonly referred to as the "honeybee tracheal mite" or "acarine mite";

(c) "Acaricide" means any chemical or biological agent used to control mites;

(d) "Africanized honeybee" means honeybees of the subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata;

(e) "American foulbrood (AFB)" means the contagious disease of bee larvae caused by Bacillus larvae;

(f) "Apiary" means a place where one or more colonies of honey bees is kept and includes hives, honey bees and beekeeping equipment;

(g) "Bee disease" means American foulbrood, sacbrood, bee paralysis or other diseases or abnormal conditions of egg, larval, pupal or adult stages of bees;

(h) "Bee package" means a quantity of bees, with or without a queen, sold as a package to start or boost colonies;

(i) "Beekeeper" means owner or operator in charge of maintaining the apiary;

(j) "Brood" means bees in any stage of development preceding emergence as adults;

(k) "Certificate of inspection" means a document issued upon inspection of bees and/or beekeeping equipment by the department of agriculture, markets and food, indicating the health conditions of the colony and/or equipment;

(l) "Colony" means the hive and associated equipment, including bees, comb and honey;

(m) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the New Hampshire department of agriculture, markets and food;

(n) "Contaminated" means infected, or liable to carry infection, with a disease or parasite of the honeybee;

(o) "Director" means the state entomologist, director of the division of plant industry, New Hampshire department of agriculture, markets and food;

(p) "Equipment" means hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves or other apparatus, tools, machines or other devices used in the handling and manipulation of bees;

(q) "Hive" means a container that is used as a domicile for bees;

(r) "Honeybee" means the species of bee identified as Apis mellifera;

(s) "Inspector" means any person who is authorized by the commissioner to enforce this chapter;

(t)"Nosema" means Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae, internal parasitic microsporidia or fungi of honeybees ;

(u) "Parasite" means the honeybee tracheal or varroa mite or other such pests which live in or on the honeybee and at the expense thereof;

(v) "Pest" means any destructive living organism which might be harmful to bees, including but not limited to diseases, parasites, and Africanized strains of honeybees;

(w)"Pesticide" means any chemical or biological agent used to control a pest;

(x) "Regulated pests" means those diseases and parasites that are required to be abated due to their negative impact on the beekeeping industry;

(y) "Robbing" means the gathering of honey by bees, hornets, or wasps from another hive instead of gathering nectar from flowers or other plant sources ;

(z) "Tropilaelaps clarae" means an external parasitic mite presently found in Asia on certain species of honeybees that feed on living or dead larvae, pupae and adult honeybees; and

(aa) "Varroa mite" means external parasitic mites in the genus Varroa that feed on living honeybee larvae, pupae and adults.

N.H. Admin. Code § Agr 1802.01

(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Agr 1800) #5802, eff 3-25-94, EXPIRED: 3-25-00

New. #7284, eff 5-24-00, EXPIRED: 5-24-08

New. #10586, eff 5-13-14