A person may not sell or offer for sale a queen bee and attendant bees, package bees, colonies, nuclei, or queen cells in this state unless the bees are accompanied by:

1. (1) a copy of a certificate from the chief apiary inspector certifying that the apiary from which the bees were shipped has been inspected not more than 12 months before the date of shipment and found apparently free from disease; or
2. (2) a copy of an affidavit made by the beekeeper stating that to the beekeeper's knowledge, the bees are not diseased.

Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1884, ch. 350, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 418, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 4538), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2023.