California Code
ARTICLE 12 - Sanitation
Section 29180.

29180. The inspector shall order the owner, broker, or person in charge of any bees that are kept in a box or other unmovable or stationary comb hive to transfer the bees to a movable frame hive within a reasonable time, to be specified in the order. In default of transfer by the owner, broker, or person in charge of the bees, the inspector may destroy in a summary manner the hive and its contents.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 683, Sec. 14. (AB 719) Effective January 1, 2023.)