The Department may, if the demand for pollination service is found by the Department to warrant such action:
1. Establish standards of colony strength based upon:
(a) The number of bees per hive;
(b) The number of cells containing brood per hive;
(c) The health of the bees and brood; and
(d) Any other factors which reasonably relate to the ability of the colony to pollinize horticultural and agricultural crops.
2. Appoint qualified inspectors to determine colony strength.
3. Certify hives of bees used in commercial pollinization on the basis of colony strength.
4. Establish reasonable fees to cover the cost of colony strength inspection and certification.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 253; A 1993, 1706; 1999, 3637)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries
NRS 552.0851 - "Apiary" defined.
NRS 552.0852 - "Appliance" defined.
NRS 552.0853 - "Bees" defined.
NRS 552.0854 - "Colony" defined.
NRS 552.0855 - "Colony strength" defined.
NRS 552.08555 - "Department" defined.
NRS 552.08575 - "Director" defined.
NRS 552.0858 - "Disease" defined.
NRS 552.0861 - "Inspector" defined.
NRS 552.0862 - "Location" defined.
NRS 552.170 - Abatement of nuisance for failure to comply with order for destruction or treatment.
NRS 552.180 - Right of access of inspectors.
NRS 552.190 - Duties of inspectors after inspections.
NRS 552.205 - Colony strength: Establishment of standards; inspectors; certification; fees.
NRS 552.215 - Fees for inspections.
NRS 552.230 - Bees to be kept in movable frame hives.
NRS 552.240 - Concealment of disease or exposure of bees to disease unlawful.
NRS 552.250 - Regulation of neglected or abandoned used hives or appliances.
NRS 552.255 - Public nuisances: Declaration; abatement.
NRS 552.260 - Extraction of honey.
NRS 552.280 - Removal or distribution of diseased bees without permission unlawful.
NRS 552.290 - Chapter supplemental to state law governing quarantines.