Texas Agriculture Code

§ 131.001 — DEFINITIONS

AG § 131.001Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part A. BEES AND NONLIVESTOCK ANIMAL INDUSTRY · Ch. 131. BEES AND HONEY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Abandoned apiary, equipment, or bees" means an apiary, equipment, or a colony of bees that is not regularly maintained or attended in accordance with this chapter or rules or quarantines adopted under this chapter.

(2)"Apiary" means a place where colonies of bees or nuclei of bees are kept.

(3)"Beekeeper" means a person who owns, leases, possesses, controls, or manages one or more colonies of bees for any personal or commercial purpose.

(4)"Bee" means any stage of the common honeybee, Apis mellifera species.

(5)"Colony" means a distinguishable localized population of bees in which one or more life stages may be present.

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 4538), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.