3.2-4402 - State Apiarist.
§ 3.2-4402. State Apiarist.
The Commissioner may appoint a State Apiarist with adequate experience andtraining in practical beekeeping. The State Apiarist shall promote thescience of beekeeping by education and other means; inspect apiaries,beehives, and beekeeping equipment within the Commonwealth for bee disease;and perform other duties that may be required by regulation or law, includingthe inspection of honey houses for sanitation.
(Code 1950, §§ 3-484, 3-485; 1966, c. 702, §§ 3.1-589, 3.1-590; 1972, c. 499,§§ 3.1-610.2, 3.1-610.3; 2008, c. 860.)