As used in this chapter:

1. (1) “Africanized honeybee” means any African honeybee, any hybrid of an African honeybee, or any hybrid of that hybrid.
2. (2) “American foulbrood” means Paenibacillus larvae and related pathogens.
3. (2r) “Asian longhorned beetle” means the live insect, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky), family Cerambycidae, in any living stage of development.
4. (3) “Beehive” means a honeybee colony and any equipment used to house that colony. “Beehive” does not include a package or shipment consisting only of a queen, a queen and attendant honeybees, or adult honeybees.
5. (4) “Biological control agent” has the meaning specified in s. 94.03 (2), Stats.
6. (5) “Colony” means a group of honeybees consisting of a queen, adult honeybees, and brood.
7. (6) “Department” means the state of Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
8. (6p) “Firewood” means wood sold or distributed and used for burning for heat, or for recreational burning, and includes home heating and campfire wood.
9. (6r) “Firewood dealer” means a person who sells or distributes 20 or more cords of firewood each year in this state and whose primary business location is in Wisconsin.
10. (7) “Genetically engineered pest or biological control agent” means a pest or biological control agent produced in any part by recombinant DNA or recombinant RNA technology.
11. (8) “Spongy moth” means the live insect, Lymantria dispar, family Lymantriidae, in any life stage, including the egg, larva, pupa, or adult stage.
12. (8g) “Hemlock” means a tree or shrub of the genus Tsuga, including all cultivars.
13. (8r) “Hemlock woolly adelgid” means the live insect, Adelges tsugae, family Adelgidae, in any life stage.
14. (8w) “Infestation” means the presence of a regulated plant pest, or conditions that make it reasonable to believe that a regulated plant pest is present.
15. (9) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, or other legal entity.
16. (10) “Pest” has the meaning specified in s. 93.01 (10), Stats. “Pest” includes honeybee diseases, pests of honeybees, and undesirable honeybees.
17. (11) “Pest control official” means a federal, state, or provincial government official or agent who is accredited by the United States department of agriculture to certify that plants, honeybees, or other items are free of pests.
18. (12m) “Treated firewood” means firewood that a firewood dealer certified under s. ATCP 21.20 (2) has treated, at a location identified in s. ATCP 21.20 (2) (c) 3., according to the dealer’s representations under s. ATCP 21.20 (1) (b).

19. (13) “Undesirable honeybees” means either of the following:

    1. (a) Africanized honeybees.

    2. (b) Honeybee species which, because of their undesirable genetic traits, are declared by the department or the United States department of agriculture to be pests.

       Note: See ss. 93.01 (10) and 94.69 (1), Stats., and s. ATCP 29.02, Wis. Adm. Code.

20. (14) “Used beekeeping equipment” means any equipment previously used as part of a beehive, and includes a drawn comb.

History

History: Cr. Register, November, 1990, No. 419, eff. 12-1-90; renum. (1) to (3) to be (4), (6) and (7), r. (4), cr. (1) to (3), (5) and (8) to (15), Register, December, 1994, No. 468, eff. 1-1-95; CR 01-076: am. (2) and (15), r. (9), Register October 2002 No. 562, eff. 11-1-02; CR 02-121: cr. (8g) and (8r) Register July 2003 No. 571, eff. 8-1-03; CR 06-008: cr. (2g), (2r), (6m) and (8w) Register October 2006 No. 610, eff. 11-1-06; CR 07-085: cr. (6p), (6r), (9) and (12m), Register March 2008 No. 627, eff. 4-1-08; renumbering of (12m) from (10), as created, made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register March 2008 No. 627; CR 11-051: am. (6p), (6r) Register July 2012 No. 679, eff. 8-1-12; CR 22-022: r. (2g), (6m), am. (8g), r. (12) Register June 2023 No. 810, eff. 7-1-23; CR 22-080: am. (8), r. (15) Register February 2024 No. 818, eff. 3-1-24.