New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 27 - APIARIES (BEEKEEPING)
Part 2 - COMMERCIAL APIARIES
Section 21.27.2.10 - IMPORTATION OF BEES

Universal Citation: 21 NM Admin Code 21.27.2.10

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Commercial beekeepers shall obtain a registration for any planned apiary prior to importing or locating bees in the state.

B. A certificate of inspection shall be filed with the department ten (10) days prior to the movement of bees or used equipment into the state by any commercial beekeeper.

C. The certificate of inspection for a colony of bees shall be based on an inspection by an authorized apiary inspector of the state of origin within thirty (30) days prior to date of movement into the state.

D. Bees or used equipment imported from states which do not regulate bees shall be inspected by the department, at the expense of the commercial beekeeper, prior to a commercial apiary registration being granted.

E. The department shall be notified within ten (10) days after arrival of the bees in the state.

F. Any violation of this section of the rule may result in the forfeiture of the registered apiary location or denial of an apiary registration by the department.

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