- (1) A bee owner shall identify each apiary location by a sign showing the owner's registration number issued by the department, unless the apiary is located on property owned by the beekeeper.
(2)(a) The sign shall display the registration number which includes:
- (a) the text to be at least one inch in height;
- (b) easily readable; and
- (c) displaying it in a conspicuous location in the apiary; or similar identification conspicuously displayed on one or more hive bodies within the apiary.
- (b) The department shall consider any apiary not so identified as abandoned and shall be subject to seizure and destruction as provided for in Section 4-11-114.
KEY: beekeeping, locating apiaries, salvage operations, identification
Date of Last Change: January 25, 2026
Notice of Continuation: March 5, 2025
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 4-11-103