§ 35-25-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 35-25-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 35: Agriculture
• Art.: Colorado Bee Act

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Advisory committee means that committee appointed by the
commissioner pursuant to the provisions of section 35-25-104.

(1.5) Repealed.

(2) Apiary or beeyard means a hive or hives of bees in close proximity to
one another.

(2.5) Repealed.

(3) Beekeeper means any person producing or causing to be produced
bees or bee products.

(4) Bees means honey-producing insects of the genus apis, including all
life stages.

(5) Beeswax means the wax produced by the honeybee.

(6) Repealed.

(7) Brood means bees in any stage of development preceding emergence
as adults.

(8) Certificate of inspection means a document issued by the commissioner
indicating the health conditions of the colony or apiary.

(9) Colony means one group of bees established in a place acceptable to
said bees for the rearing of young and the storage of honey.

(10) Comb means any structure acceptable to bees for the storage of
honey and pollen and the rearing of brood.

(11) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture.

(12) Contagious disease means any disease produced by disease agents or
parasitic agents to bees or beekeepers which shall be determined by the
commissioner as being hazardous to the beekeeping industry in this state.

(13) Entry permit means a document issued by the commissioner
permitting entry of bees, equipment, or appliances into the state of Colorado,
accompanied by a health certificate from the originating state indicating the
number of colonies and county of destination.

(14) Equipment means any object that is attached to or made a part of a
hive.

(15) Frame means any device designed to receive single sheets of wax
foundation and in which bees are encouraged to draw comb.

(16) Hive means any structure containing bees and designed to receive
movable frames of comb.

(16.5) to (18) Repealed.

(19) Person means any body politic, individual, partnership, association,
corporation, company, joint stock association, or organized group of persons
whether incorporated or not and includes any trustee, receiver, or assignee. Body
politic means any agency of this state or of the federal government or any unit of
local government including any county, city, town, school district, local
improvement or service district, special district, or other governmental unit having
authority under the law to tax or impose assessments, including special
assessments.

Legislative History

Source: L. 73: p. 203, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 7-7-2. L. 75: (17) R&RE and (20) and (21) added, p. 1347, � 1, effective May 31. L. 83: (16.5) added, p. 1359, � 1, effective June 1. L. 85: (16.5) repealed, p. 1140, � 4, effective May 31. L. 90: (1.5), (2.5), (6), (17), and (18) repealed and (12) and (19) amended, pp. 1597, 1593, �� 13, 2, effective April 3.