For purposes of the Oklahoma Apiary Act:

1. 1. "Apiary" means a place where one (1) or more colonies of bees are kept.
2. 2. "Bee" means any one of the honey producing genera of Apis including any queen, worker, or drone, or any of their four (4) life stages. The term bee includes, but is not limited to, any species of bees used for commercial pollinating purposes.
3. 3. "Beekeeper" means a person who owns or manages one (1) or more hives of bees for any purpose.
4. 4. "Colony" means the hive and its components including bees, comb, honey, propolis, and pollen.
5. 5. "Entry permit" means a document issued by the State Board of Agriculture authorizing the transportation of bees or equipment into the state.
6. 6. "Equipment" means any apparatus, tools, clothing, machines, or other devices used in the handling and manipulation of bees, honey, wax, pollen, propolis, and hives and includes, but is not limited to, any containers of honey or wax which may be used in any apiary, any vehicle used in transporting bees and their products, or apiary supplies.
7. 7. "Hive" means any domicile for keeping bees.
8. 8. "Honey house" means any room in any building where honey is extracted, stored in raw form, processed, or packaged.
9. 9. "Migratory beekeeper" means a beekeeper who moves colonies of bees to a more favorable location for the purpose of wintering colonies, increasing the strength of colonies, increasing the number of colonies, providing pollination services, or for honey production.
10. 10. "Pest" means any living organism which is responsible, directly or indirectly, for any condition which is or may be harmful to bees in any of their four (4) life stages, or interferes with their management including, but not limited to, diseases, parasites, and Africanized strains of honey bees.
11. 11. "Pollination" means the use of colonies of bees to pollinate crops.
12. 12. "Premise" means any place where bees, colonies, hive, equipment, or honey may be located including, but not limited to, apiaries.
13. 13. "Quarantine" means the detaining of an apiary, equipment, or honey at its location after discovering the presence of a pest.

Added by Laws 1988, HB 1830, c. 259, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 1424, c. 367, § 17, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000 (superseded document available).