Section 71.1 - DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this title, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Act--Texas Bee Law, Texas Agricultural Code, Chapter 131, (1981), as amended.(2) Apiary--A place where colonies of bees or nuclei of bees are kept.(3) Bee--Any stage of the common honeybee, Apis mellifera species.(4) Beekeeper-- a person who owns, leases, possesses, controls, or manages one or more colonies of bees for any personal or commercial purpose.(5) Chief Apiary Inspector--The Chief Apiary Inspector, formerly known as State Entomologist, appointed by the director or his designee.(6) Colony--A distinguishable localized population of bees in which one or more life stages may be present.(7) Director--The director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, formerly known as the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.(8) Disease--American foulbrood, European foulbrood, or any other contagious or infectious disease of bees, or parasite or pest that affects bees or brood.(9) Equipment--Hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, tools, machines, including bee removal vacuums, or other devices for the handling and manipulation of bees, honey, pollen, wax, or hives, including storage or transporting containers for pollen, honey, or wax, or other apiary supplies used in the operation of an apiary or honey house.(10) Governing board--The Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System.(11) Hive--A box or other shelter containing a colony of bees.(12) Honey--The nectar of plants that has been transferred by, and is the natural product of, bees and that is in the comb or has been taken from the comb and is packaged in a liquid, crystallized, or granular form.(13) Nucleus--A small mass of bees and combs used in forming a new colony.(14) Package bees--Live bees in cages without comb.(15) Person--Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character.(16) Pollen--Dust-like grains formed in the anthers of flowering plants in which the male elements or sperm are produced.(17) Queen apiary--An apiary in which queen bees are reared or kept for sale, barter, or exchange.(18) Reportable Diseases--A disease that presents a significant threat to the population of honeybees and that has been designated by the Chief Apiary Inspector as a disease or pest that must be reported under §131.025. The Chief Apiary Inspector shall publish a list of reportable diseases.4 Tex. Admin. Code § 71.1
The provisions of this §71.1 adopted to be effective November 9, 1983, 8 TexReg 4482; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 52, December 25, 2020, TexReg 9411, eff. 12/29/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 42, October 20, 2023, TexReg 6206, eff. 10/24/2023