Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Division 70 - Plant Industries
Chapter 15 - Missouri Apiary Law Rules
Section 2 CSR 70-15.025 - Apiary Inspection Procedures
Universal Citation: 2 MO Code of State Regs 70-15.025
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes apiary inspection procedures.
(1) Apiary inspection procedures are as follows:
(A) Bees
shall be inspected on a random sampling basis as listed:
1. Apiary of one to fifteen (1-15) colonies,
all hives are to be opened and inspected;
2. Apiary of sixteen to ninety-nine (16-99)
colonies, fifteen (15) hives opened and inspected on a random sampling basis,
using a random numbers table to eliminate human influence. All colonies
suspected of disease are to be opened and inspected in addition to the others.
If more than two percent (2%) of colonies inspected are diseased, all hives are
to be opened and inspected;
3.
Apiaries having more than one hundred (100) colonies shall be divided into
smaller lots of less than one hundred (100) colonies each and sampled
separately; and
4. For nonrequested
inspections, apiaries will be inspected as provided for in paragraphs (1)(A)1.,
2. and 3. of this rule, only after written notice to the owner and when there
is probable cause to believe disease exists. Probable cause shall be determined
by some type of tangible evidence, such as disease within a two (2)-mile radius
of the apiary, evidence that bees have been moved from a diseased apiary or a
diagnostic report from the United States Department of Agriculture, Science and
Education Administration Bioenvironmental Bee Laboratory.
*Original authority: 264.095, RSMo 1985.
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