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Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (Act No. 36 of 1983)

Regulations

Control Measures relating to Honey-Bees

5. Inspections

 

(1) Every beekeeper shall conduct regular inspections of every colony kept in beehives at each apiary site to detect—
(a) clinical symptons of notifiable bee diseases; or
(b) Capensis-infected colonies.

 

(2) Every beekeeper shall notify the executive officer or area official of the presence or suspected presence of any notifiable disease or Capensis-infected colony in a—
(a) colony kept in a beehive; or
(b) colony in a natural state.

 

(3) The executive officer may—
(a) instruct a beekeeper to conduct; or
(b) personally conduct,

an inspection of the beehives and colonies to determine whether there are any notifiable diseases or a Capensis-infected colony on the property.

 

(4) A beekeeper shall comply with any instruction, order or notice issued by the executive officer for the purposes of the control of any notifiable disease or Capensis-infected colony.

 

(5) The executive officer may, for the purposes of the control of any notifiable disease or Capensis-infected colony, instruct a beekeeper to destroy a colony, beehive or bee product.