§ 11-7-201 — Apiary registration; procedure; information; conditions; penalties

(a) Any person who owns or possesses any class of apiary
in this state shall register that apiary with the department
before April 1 of each year.
(b) Application for registration shall be made to the
department on forms it prescribes and furnishes and shall
include:
(i) The applicant's name and address;
(ii) The total number of colonies of bees the
beekeeper owns;
(iii) The location of the apiary, setting forth
specifically the location by sectional division to the nearest
quarter section, the township and range and the latitude and
longitude coordinates, or if within the corporate limits of a
municipality, the number of the lot and block in the
municipality including street address and the latitude and
longitude coordinates determined using GPS. All new
registrations shall include latitude and longitude coordinates.
Effective July 1, 2012, latitude and longitude coordinates shall
be required for all apiary registrations;
(iv) The name of the owner, renter or occupant of the
land on which the apiary is located and, if the application is
for an apiary being registered for the first time, it shall also
show that the owner, renter or occupant of the land has
consented to the apiary being located on his land;
(v) The date the apiary was first established which
shall be included for each location on yearly apiary renewal
applications; and
(vi) The class of apiary registration for which
application is being made.
(c) Upon receipt of the application and payment of the
fees, the department may issue a certificate of registration for
an apiary, setting forth:
(i) The name of the owner;
(ii) The specific location of the apiary; and
(iii) The class of apiary authorized.
(d) In issuing certificates of registration for apiaries,
if there is a conflict between applicants with respect to
location, the department shall give preference to the applicant
having the oldest, continuous apiary registration.
(e) Certificates of registration shall not be issued for
new apiaries which are within such close proximity to
established registered apiaries that there is danger of spread
of bee diseases, bee parasites or bee pests or that the
proximity may interfere with the proper feeding and honey flow
of established apiaries.
(f) Each apiary registrant shall post in a conspicuous
location at or near each apiary he owns legible evidence of
registration, including his name and telephone number.
(g) The department shall notify each registrant of his
delinquency, if that registrant fails to reregister by April 1
of each year. The notification shall be by certified mail and is
sufficient if deposited in a United States post office or mail
box at least ten (10) days before May 1 and addressed to the
registrant at his last address appearing in the department's
apiary registration files. Any apiary registration which has not
been received by May 1 of each year is forfeited and all rights
under the registration terminate.
(h) Any person who owns or possesses any bees, hives,
colonies or beekeeping equipment in this state or who owns or
possesses an apiary in this state and who fails or refuses to
register that apiary as provided in this chapter is guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof is subject to the
penalties set forth in W.S. 11-7-133.
(j) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 14, § 3.