Beekeepers shall:
1. Provide movable frames with combs or foundation in all hives used by them to contain bees, except for short periods, not to exceed the first spring honey flow, and to cause the bees in such hives to construct brood combs in such frames so that any of the frames may be removed from the hive without injuring other combs in such hive; and
2. Securely and tightly close the entrance of any hive in apiaries not free from disease and make the hive tight so that robber bees cannot enter, leave, or obtain honey from the hives as long as the hives remain in a location accessible by honeybees.
Code 1950, § 3-497; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-602; 1972, c. 499, § 3.1-610.10; 2008, c. 860.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
§ 3.2-4401. Powers and duties of the Board
§ 3.2-4403. Duties of beekeepers
§ 3.2-4404. Duty to notify the State Apiarist of diseased bees
§ 3.2-4405. Entry permit required to bring bees and used bee equipment into Commonwealth; inspection
§ 3.2-4406. Certificate of health to accompany bees in combless packages brought into Commonwealth
§ 3.2-4407. Certificate of health to accompany bill of sale
§ 3.2-4408. Rearing package bees and queens for sale
§ 3.2-4409. Right of entry for inspection and enforcement
§ 3.2-4410. Measures to eradicate and control bee diseases; appeal
§ 3.2-4411. Abandoned apiaries
§ 3.2-4411.1. Apiaries; limitation on liability
§ 3.2-4413. Costs of administering chapter
§ 3.2-4414. Violation of chapter