Each beekeeper that manages bees shall apply to the department for an annual inspection certificate. The inspection certificate shall be issued by the department upon completion of the apiary inspection and shall state the colonies and apiaries that are apparently free of contagious disease and the colonies and apiaries that are infected with contagious disease. No honey shall be offered for sale unless the beekeeper has a current inspection certificate.
History: 1953 Comp., § 47-24-6, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 122, § 6.
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.