80-6-111. General apiary registrations. (1) In order to control, limit, and prevent the spread of bee diseases, pests, and other contagious or infectious diseases among bees, hives, and apiaries and to control, limit, and prevent interference with the proper feeding and honey flow of established apiaries, general apiaries registered to different persons on October 1, 1981, must be located 3 or more miles apart, except as otherwise provided in this part. The department shall not register or issue a certificate of registration for any general apiary that is located less than 3 miles from a general apiary registered to another person, except as otherwise provided in this section.
     (2) A person may register a general apiary that is situated less than 3 miles from another general apiary he has registered so long as the location of the general apiary being applied for is 3 or more miles from general apiaries registered to other persons.
     (3) A general apiary may be registered even though it is less than 3 miles from any registered pollination apiary, landowner apiary, or hobbyist apiary.
     (4) A person with an existing apiary that is located less than 3 miles from an existing general apiary registered to another person may register his apiary as a general apiary under the following conditions:
     (a) his apiary was established and registered with the department as a general apiary under the department's rules in effect prior to July 1, 1981;
     (b) his apiary is registered with the department as a general apiary as of July 1, 1981; and
     (c) the registration of his apiary has not been forfeited or abandoned under the provisions of 80-6-102(9) or 80-6-104.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 125, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 198, L. 1987.