CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE APIARIST (§ 3.2-4402)

The Commissioner may appoint a State Apiarist with adequate experience and
training in practical beekeeping. The State Apiarist shall promote the science
of beekeeping by education and other means; inspect apiaries, beehives, and
beekeeping equipment within the Commonwealth for bee disease; and perform other
duties that may be required by regulation or law, including the inspection of
honey houses for sanitation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 3-484, 3-485; 1966, c. 702, §§ 3.1-589, 3.1-590;
1972, c. 499, §§ 3.1-610.2, 3.1-610.3; 2008, c. 860.