(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 |
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. |