1. A. Any queen producer or retailer who ships queens or package bees into the state is required to be registered annually by March 15 of each year with the State Board of Agriculture. A registration form shall be provided by the Board and a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be charged for the registration.
2. B. Any package containing a queen or bees which are shipped intrastate or shipped into the state shall be accompanied with a copy of a health certificate issued by the state of origin. Any person engaged in the rearing of queens or package bees for sale shall have the apiary or apiaries inspected by the Board before they shall be certified free of bee pests. Honey or honey products used in shipping cages for the transport of queens or package bees shall be boiled for at least thirty (30) minutes.
3. C. Upon the discovery of any pest, an apiary shall be quarantined and no further sale or shipment of queens or package bees shall be permitted until the pests within the apiary are satisfactorily controlled as determined by the Board. Removal of the quarantine order shall be issued by the Board.
4. D. The Board shall require all out-of-state producers of queens or package bees who ship queens or package bees into Oklahoma to provide the purchaser with a copy of the health certificate issued from the state of origin. All shippers are required to provide the Board with the names and addresses of persons who receive shipments during the year upon request by the Board.

Amended by Laws 1988, HB 1830, c. 259, § 6, emerg. eff. July 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 1424, c. 367, § 20, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000 (superseded document available ).