New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 27 - APIARIES (BEEKEEPING)
Part 2 - COMMERCIAL APIARIES
Section 21.27.2.12 - ABANDONED COLONIES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. A colony or equipment shall be declared abandoned when the beekeeper owner or his representative cannot be located and notified in person or by registered letter and publication for at least two successive weeks in a newspaper of wide distribution in the county where the colony or equipment is located.
B. If a colony or equipment continues to be abandoned after thirty (30) days notice by registered letter and forty-one (41) days from the first publication in a newspaper, the department shall destroy or sell at public auction the abandoned colony or equipment.
C. The department may reject any and all bids when, in their opinion, the sale of the abandoned colonies or equipment constitutes a threat to the beekeeping industry. Each person purchasing a colony or equipment at the auction shall receive from the department a bill of sale that includes a description of the colony or equipment purchased and the amount paid. After deducting the expense of inspecting the colony or equipment and conducting the sale, the balance of the proceeds shall be used in administering the Bee Act.
