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Texas Agriculture Code - AGRIC § 131.023. Sale of Queen Bee and Attendants, Package Bees, Colonies, and Nuclei

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

A person may not sell or offer for sale a queen bee and attendant bees, package bees, colonies, nuclei, or queen cells in this state unless the bees are accompanied by:

(1) a copy of a certificate from the chief apiary inspector certifying that the apiary from which the bees were shipped has been inspected not more than 12 months before the date of shipment and found apparently free from disease; or

(2) a copy of an affidavit made by the beekeeper stating that to the beekeeper's knowledge, the bees are not diseased.

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