As used in the Bee Act:

A. "abandoned colony" means a colony that is abandoned or neglected by a beekeeper according to criteria adopted by the board;

B. "apiary" means a location where one or more colonies or nuclei of bees are managed by a beekeeper;

C. "bee" means all races of the honeybee, Apis mellifera L., and other species of the genus Apis, that are capable of being managed for the production of honey, wax or pollen, or that are capable of being managed to pollinate plants;

D. "beekeeper" means a person who owns, leases or manages bees;

E. "board" means the board of regents of New Mexico state university;

F. "colony" means a family unit of bees composed of a queen and workers;

G. "commercial apiary" means a location where a beekeeper is required to maintain the minimum number of colonies designated by the board;

H. "contagious disease" means any disease, parasite or anything adversely affecting adult bees or their brood that may be spread from one bee to another bee or from one colony to another colony;

I. "department" means the New Mexico department of agriculture;

J. "equipment" means equipment used in managing bees, including but not limited to, brood chambers, surplus honey chambers, bottom boards, tops, frames, drawn comb, queen excluders and feeders;

K. "hive" means a container made or prepared that is used as a home by a colony of bees; and

L. "inspector" means a qualified person designated by the department to enforce the Bee Act and regulations adopted by the board.

History: 1953 Comp., § 47-24-2, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 122, § 2.