A. The department shall notify each beekeeper prior to the initial annual inspection of his apiary and, if requested by the beekeeper, an inspector shall make the apiary inspection in the presence of the beekeeper or his representative and at a time that conforms to the efficient management of bees. Subsequent inspections may be made by an inspector, as needed, to locate and control contagious disease and regulate the location of any apiary. The inspector shall have access to all apiaries. Any person who shall hinder, resist or impede in any way an inspector in the discharge of his duties shall be in violation of the Bee Act.
B. In order to permit the inspector to readily examine a colony for contagious disease, beekeepers shall manage bees only in those types of hives approved by the board.
History: 1953 Comp., § 47-24-5, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 122, § 5.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 4 Am. Jur. 2d Animals § 42 et seq.
3A C.J.S. Animals § 91.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 76-9-3 - Powers of board and department.
Section 76-9-4 - Contagious disease; duty to prevent.
Section 76-9-5 - Inspection; access; interference.
Section 76-9-6 - Inspection certificates.
Section 76-9-7 - Diseased colonies.
Section 76-9-8 - Abandoned colonies.
Section 76-9-9 - Location of apiaries.
Section 76-9-10 - Registration of commercial apiaries.
Section 76-9-11 - Importation of bees.