New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 24 - DISEASES OF BEES AND BEEKEEPING ACTIVITIES
- Subchapter 1 - DEFINITIONS
- Subchapter 2 - SHIPMENT OF BEES INTO NEW JERSEY
- Subchapter 3 - REGISTRATION OF APIARIES
- Subchapter 4 - INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION OF APIARIES
- Subchapter 5 - TRANSPORT OF BEES
- Subchapter 6 - PRESERVATION OF HONEY BEE COLONIES
- Subchapter 7 - APIARY AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE STANDARDS FOR BREEDING AND KEEPING OF BEES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: October 26, 2017.
See: 49 N.J.R. 3589(b).
CHAPTER
HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 24, Diseases of Bees, was adopted as Emergency New Rules by R.1984
d.592, effective December 12, 1984, to expire February 11, 1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 118(a).
Chapter
24, Diseases of Bees, was readopted as R.1985 d.107, effective February 11, 1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 118(a), 18
N.J.R. 573(a).
Subchapter 2, Registration of Apiaries, and Subchapter 3, Transport of Bees, were
adopted as R.1989 d.128, effective March 6, 1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 2951(a), 21 N.J.R. 633(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 24, Diseases of Bees, expired February 11, 1990.
Chapter 24, Diseases of Bees, was adopted as new rules by R.1990 d.202, effective April 2, 1990.
See: 21 N.J.R. 3045(b), 22 N.J.R. 1116(b).
Subchapter 4, Volunteer Inspector Program,
Noncommercial Apiaries and Bees, was adopted as R.1992 d.278, effective July 6, 1992. See: 24 N.J.R. 1141(a),
24 N.J.R. 2421(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 24, Diseases of Bees, was
readopted as R.1995 d.200, effective March 13, 1995, and Subchapter 1, Definitions, and Subchapter 4,
Inspection and Certification of Apiaries, were adopted as new rules and Subchapter 1, Shipment of Bees into
New Jersey, Subchapter 2, Registration of Apiaries, Subchapter 3, Transport of Bees, and Subchapter 4,
Volunteer Inspector Program, Noncommercial Apiaries and Bees, were recodified as Subchapter 2, Shipment of
Bees into New Jersey, Subchapter 3, Registration of Apiaries, Subchapter 5, Transport of Bees, and Subchapter
6, Voluntary Inspector Program, Noncommercial Apiaries and Bees, by R.1995 d.200, effective April 3, 1995.
See: 27 N.J.R. 5(a), 27 N.J.R. 1400(a). Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 24 expired on March
13, 2000.
Chapter 24, Diseases of Bees, was adopted as new rules by R.2000 d.165, effective
April 17, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 343(a), 32 N.J.R. 1417(b).
Chapter 24, Diseases of Bees, was
readopted as R.2005 d.289, effective August 5, 2005. As a part of R.2005 d.289, Subchapter 6, Voluntary
Inspector Program, Noncommercial Apiaries and Bees, was repealed, effective September 6, 2005. See: 37 N.J.R.
1276(a), 37 N.J.R. 3284(a).
Chapter 24, Diseases of Bees, was readopted as R.2011 d.062,
effective January 25, 2011. See: 42 N.J.R. 1647(a), 43 N.J.R. 389(b).
Subchapter 6, Preservation
of Honey Bee Colonies, was adopted as new rules by R.2012 d.163, effective September 17, 2012. See: 44 N.J.R.
1583(a), 44 N.J.R. 2241(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 24, Diseases of
Bees, was scheduled to expire on January 25, 2018. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 24, Diseases
of Bees, was readopted, effective October 26, 2017. See: Source and Effective Date.
Chapter 24,
Diseases of Bees, was renamed Diseases of Bees and Beekeeping Activities; and Subchapter 7, Apiary and
Municipal Administrative Standards for Breeding and Keeping of Bees and Related Activities, was adopted as
new rules by R.2019 d.035, effective May 6, 2019. See: 49 N.J.R. 3565(a), 50 N.J.R. 2355(a), 51 N.J.R.
577(a).
CHAPTER AUTHORITY:
N.J.S.A. 4:1-11.1, 4:1-21.5, and 4:6-1 et seq.