4017.1 [RESERVED]

4017.2 [RESERVED]

4017.3 [RESERVED]

4017.4 Violation of any of the following provisions shall be a Class 4 infraction:

1. (a) 19 DCMR § 1520.1 (failure to register a colony of bees with the Department);
2. (b) 19 DCMR § 1523.1 (failure to obtain a permit prior to transporting a colony, portion of a colony, bees on combs, empty used combs, or used hives into the District);
3. (c) 19 DCMR § 1523.3 (failure to obtain a Certificate of Apiary Inspection from the Department prior to taking any colony, portion of a colony, bees on combs, empty used combs, or used hives out of the District);
4. (d) 19 DCMR § 1524.2 (failure to keep bees in hives with removable combs);
5. (e) 19 DCMR § 1524.3 (failure to maintain hive in sound condition);
6. (f) 19 DCMR § 1524.4 (failure to maintain adequate space in the hive to prevent overcrowding and deter swarming);
7. (g) 19 DCMR § 1524.5 (failure to provide colony with a convenient, adequate, and constant source of water);
8. (h) 19 DCMR § 1524.6 (failure to promptly remediate a bee swarm);
9. (i) 19 DCMR § 1525.1 (failure to locate a hive as required from a property line);
10. (j) 19 DCMR § 1525.1d (failure to secure annual written approval from neighbors within 30 feet of the proposed hive when hive distance requirements aren't met)
11. (k) 19 DCMR § 1525.2 (failure to provide an adequate flyway barrier);
12. (l) 19 DCMR § 1525.3 (failure to obtain written permission from the Department to keep more than four (4) hives on any one-quarter acre lot

(10,890 square feet));

(m) 19 DCMR § 1526.2 (violation of the ban on the keeping of Africanized bees);

(n) 19 DCMR § 1526.3 (failure to re-queen a colony with a marked queen in a colony that exhibits unusual aggressive characteristics);

(o) 19 DCMR § 1527.1 (failure to take measures to control the spread of bee disease);

(p) 19 DCMR § 1527.2 (failure to quarantine a colony that is suspected to have American foulbrood or other bee disease that may pose a risk to the colony, environment, or public health);

(q) 19 DCMR § 1527.3 (failure to notify the Department of a quarantined colony);

(r) 19 DCMR § 1527.4 (removing bees, colonies, and equipment from a quarantined area); or

(s) 19 DCMR § 1527.8 (failure to properly destroy a colony with American foulbrood or any untreatable disease).

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 16108 (December 18, 2015)