160.2 Duties.
The state apiarist shall do all of the following:
1. Give lectures and demonstrations in the state on the production of honey, the care of the apiary, the marketing of honey, and upon other kindred subjects relative to the care of bees and the profitable production of honey.
2. Examine bees, combs, and equipment in any locality which the apiarist may suspect of being African in origin or infested with a parasite or foulbrood or any other contagious or infectious disease common to bees.
3. Regulate bees, combs, and used equipment moving across state borders.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4037; C46, 50, 54, 58, §266.10; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §160.2]
88 Acts, ch 1051, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1104, §2; 93 Acts, ch 21, §3
Structure Iowa Code
Section 160.1 - Appointment by secretary of agriculture.
Section 160.3 - Right to enter premises.
Section 160.5 - Instructions — hives — imported bees.
Section 160.6 - Notice to treat, disinfect, remove, or destroy.
Section 160.7 - Apiarist to disinfect or destroy — costs.
Section 160.8 - Costs certified — collected as tax.
Section 160.10 - Orders prohibiting movement.
Section 160.11 - Effect of regulations and orders.
Section 160.13 - Annual report.
Section 160.14 - Penalties — injunctions.
Section 160.15 - Payment of expenses.
Section 160.16 - Importing a colony from another state — fee.