Section Agr 1805.02 - Procedures for Abatement of Regulated Pests and Diseases(a) When, during the course of colony inspections, a regulated disease or parasite is found in an apiary, the inspector conducting the inspection shall: (1) Declare the honeybees and the equipment contaminated by the regulated diseases or parasites to be a danger for spreading these pests, and order the isolation of affected colonies until the diagnosis is confirmed by an approved laboratory; and(2) Provide the beekeeper of the affected apiary with an inspection report stating the suspected diagnosis and the manner in which the diseased or infested colonies or combs have been marked.(b) Upon official confirmation of the diagnosis, the inspector shall:(1) Provide a copy of the confirmation to the beekeeper;(2) Serve notice to the beekeeper ordering abatement of the regulated pest within 10 days; and(3) The notice shall be served: a. Personally or by mail to the last known address of the beekeeper; orb. By posting it in a conspicuous place in the apiary when the beekeeper is not known.(c) The beekeeper shall, at the request of the inspector, provide the location of every apiary the beekeeper owns or operates in New Hampshire.(d) The inspector, after informing the director of the division of plant industry, shall, at the beekeeper's expense, abate the disease, mites, or Africanized honeybees immediately after expiration of the time specified in the notice, if:(1) The beekeeper of an apiary in which the regulated pests are found to exist cannot be located after contacting adjoining landowners, city or town clerk or police and/or fire department; or(2) Notice has been served pursuant to these rules, and the beekeeper refuses or neglects to abate the regulated pests within the time specified in the notice.(e) For abatement of AFB, the inspector, or the beekeeper under the supervision of the inspector, shall: (1) Burn the diseased honeybees and contaminated equipment with city or town approval as follows: a. The diseased colonies of honeybees shall be exterminated with an insecticide that meets the rules and requirements of the pesticide control board and the New Hampshire department of agriculture, markets and food, division of pesticide control, pursuant to RSA 430:28-430:50. The components of the contaminated hive, such as brood chamber, supers, frames, inner cover, outer cover, bottom board, and wooden rimmed queen excluder, together with any bees and diseased comb found in the apiary, shall be burned in a burn barrel, a pit not less than 18 inches deep, or in some other manner approved by the local fire department, and the ashes shall be covered with at least 6 inches of soil; orb. The diseased colonies of honeybees shall be exterminated pursuant to Agr 1805.02(e)(1)a., and the contaminated hive components, including dead bees, shall be placed in sealable containers and incinerated at an approved incineration facility; or(2) Abate the diseased honeybees and contaminated equipment following recommendations by the inspector, who shall reinspect the colony or colonies after 10 days. If AFB is still present in the colony or colonies, the honeybees and the contaminated equipment shall be destroyed pursuant to Agr 1805.02(e)(1).(f) For abatement of Tropilaelaps clarae mites, the inspector, or the beekeeper under the supervision of the inspector, shall abate the infested honeybees and equipment following recommendations by the inspector.(g) For abatement of Africanized honeybees, Apis mellifera scutellata, the apiary shall be condemned, and the inspector, or the beekeeper under the supervision of the inspector, shall: (1) Exterminate, pursuant to Agr 1805.02(e)(1)a. , colonies of Africanized honeybees exhibiting levels of aggression deemed by the inspector to be a danger to the general public ;(2) Abate colonies of Africanized honeybees not exhibiting aggression as in (1) above following recommendations by the inspector; or(3) Abate colonies of Africanized honeybees not exhibiting aggression as in (1) above by the following:a. The Africanized queens shall be destroyed;b. The colonies shall be requeened with non-Africanized honeybee queens;c. The first generation of adult offspring shall be resampled; andd. If the resampled offspring are determined to be Africanized honeybees, the colony shall be exterminated pursuant to Agr 1805.02(e)(1)a.N.H. Admin. Code § Agr 1805.02
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