* § 173-a. Definitions. When used in this article:
- 1. "Apiary" shall mean any location used for raising honey bees or producing honey or other bee related products.
- 2. "Colony" shall mean any production unit of bees.
- 3. "Nucleus colony or nucs" shall mean a starter colony, consisting of a laying queen and up to five frames of brood and bees.
- 4. "Beekeeper" shall mean any individual or entity that maintains managed honey bees for profit, research, recreational, or educational purposes.
- 5. "Queen" shall mean the single reproductive female in a colony of honey bees.
- 6. "Brood comb" shall mean the beeswax structure of cells where the queen bee lays eggs in which immature bees are reared. * NB Effective December 23, 2021