Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter:

1. (1) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington.
2. (2) "Director" means the director of the state department of agriculture or the director's authorized representative.
3. (3) "Apiary" means a site where hives of bees or hives are kept or found.
4. (4) "Apiarist" means any person who owns bees or is a keeper of bees in Washington.
5. (5) "Bees" means adult insects, eggs, larvae, pupae, or other immature stages of the species Apis mellifera.
6. (6) "Colony" refers to a natural group of bees having a queen or queens.
7. (7) "Hive" means a manufactured receptacle or container prepared for the use of bees, that includes movable frames, combs, and substances deposited into the hive by bees.
8. (8) "Person" means a natural person, individual, firm, partnership, company, society, association, corporation or every officer, agent, or employee of one of these entities.
9. (9) "Broker" means a person who is engaged in pollinating agricultural crops for a fee using hives that are owned by another person.

[ 2000 c 100 s 1; 1994 c 178 s 1; 1993 c 89 s 1; 1988 c 4 s 1; 1977 ex.s. c 362 s 1; 1961 c 11 s 15.60.005. Prior: 1955 c 271 s 1.]