The following words and terms, when used in this title, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

1. (1) Act--Texas Bee Law, Texas Agricultural Code, Chapter 131, (1981), as amended.
2. (2) Apiary--A place where six or more colonies of bees or nuclei of bees are kept.
3. (3) Bee--Any stage of the common honeybee, Apis mellifera species.
4. (4) Colony--The hive and its equipment and appurtenances, including bees, comb, honey, pollen, and brood.
5. (5) Director--The director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.
6. (6) Disease--American foulbrood, European foulbrood, or any other contagious or infectious disease of bees, or parasite or pest that affects bees or brood.
7. (7) Equipment--Hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, tools, machines, or other devices for the handling and manipulation of bees, honey, pollen, wax, or hives, including storage or transporting containers for pollen, honey, or wax, or other apiary supplies used in the operation of an apiary or honey house.
8. (8) Governing board--The Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System.
9. (9) Honey--The nectar of plants that has been transferred by, and is the natural product of, bees and that is in the comb or has been taken from the comb and is packaged in a liquid, crystallized, or granular form.
10. (10) Nucleus--A small mass of bees and combs used in forming a new colony.
11. (11) Person--Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character.
12. (12) Pollen--Dust-like grains formed in the anthers of flowering plants in which the male elements or sperm are produced.
13. (13) Queen apiary--An apiary in which queen bees are reared or kept for sale, barter, or exchange.
14. (14) State entomologist--The state entomologist appointed by the director or the designee of the state entomologist.

Source Note:The provisions of this §71.1 adopted to be effective November 9, 1983, 8 TexReg 4482.