1. (a) Any apiary, appliances, structures, buildings or bees quarantined due to the presence of American foulbrood shall implement one of the following control measures:

   1. (1) State-approved chemotherapy treatment, including the feeding of antibiotics, if the bee disease has not spread to the point of weakening the colony beyond the possibility of control with chemotherapy treatments;

   2. (2) Burning the entire hive and contents, or, upon approval of the Department, the contents of the diseased hives, including bees, combs and associated frames;

      1. (A) Burning shall occur in an open pit;
      2. (B) Ashes shall be buried no less than eighteen inches (18") below the surface of the soil;
      3. (C) Disinfection by scorching the hive bodies, covers, bottom boards, supers and appliances associated with them.
      4. (D) Frames may be boiled in one pound of lye per ten (10) gallons water for not less than twenty (20) minutes.
   3. (3) Any other method approved by the Department.
2. (b) The owner shall notify the Department of any corrective measures to be taken so Department personnel may be present during the measure.
3. (c) If no corrective action is taken within thirty (30) days, the infected or infested colonies shall be destroyed.

Added at 23 Ok Reg 878, eff 5-11-06