1. A person shall not ship or transport into this State any queens or other bees in screened cages without comb unless the shipment is accompanied by a certificate of an authorized officer of the state of origin certifying that all bees intended for shipment:
(a) Were inspected within 60 days before the date of shipment; and
(b) Were found to be free from disease and pests.
2. The Department may hold a shipment which is not accompanied by the certificate of inspection and notify the person who owns or controls the bees that they will be destroyed after 48 hours after the time of the notice unless a proper certificate of inspection is supplied. If the certificate is not supplied within that time, the bees may be destroyed.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 437; A 1985, 346; 1987, 569; 1993, 1708; 1999, 1388, 3639; 2001, 89)
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.