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

Regulations

Control Measures relating to Honey-Bees

5. Inspections

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(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.