§ 174. Keeping of diseased and banned bees prohibited; existence of\ndisease to be reported. 1. No person shall keep in such person's\npossession or under such person's care any colony of bees affected with\na contagious or infectious disease or infested by disease or parasitic\norganisms adversely affecting bees, or by species or subspecies of bees\nwhich have been determined by the commissioner to cause injury, directly\nor indirectly, to the public safety or to this state's managed bee\npopulation, crops, or other plants. Any person who knows that any bees\nowned or controlled by such person exceed disease or parasite tolerances\nor are a species or subspecies of bees that have been determined by the\ncommissioner to cause injury, directly or indirectly, to the public\nhealth or welfare or to this state's managed bee population, crops, or\nother plants, such tolerances and determinations to be established in\nregulation by the commissioner, shall at once report such fact to the\ncommissioner, stating all facts known to such person with reference to\nsaid contagion, infection, or exposure. Information regarding allowable\ndisease and parasite tolerances and species and subspecies of bees shall\nbe made available on the department's website.\n 2. No person shall hide or conceal any bees or used beekeeping\nequipment from department apiary inspectors or give false information in\nany manner pertaining to this article. No person shall resist, impede or\nhinder the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized\nrepresentatives in the discharge of his or her or their duties.\n 3. Whenever the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized\nrepresentatives shall determine that any colony of bees, bee material,\nstructures or appliances is infected with, or has been exposed to,\ncontagious or infectious diseases of bees, or is infested with or has\nbeen exposed to insects or parasitic organisms adversely affecting bees,\nor to species or subspecies of bees which have been determined by the\ncommissioner to cause injury, directly or indirectly, to this state's\nmanaged bee population, crops, or other plants, said colonies of bees\nand material, structures or appliances shall be immediately placed under\nquarantine and a written notice thereof shall be served on the owner or\ncaretaker. No person shall move, tamper with, handle, or otherwise\ndisturb or molest or cause to be moved, tampered with, handled, or\notherwise disturbed or molested any colonies, materials, or appliances\nso quarantined without a written permit from the commissioner or the\ncommissioner's duly authorized representatives.\n 4. (a) All species and subspecies of bees which have been determined\nby the commissioner to cause injury, directly or indirectly, to the\npublic health or welfare shall be destroyed per commissioner order.\n (b) A beekeeper who received notification that he or she is prohibited\nfrom selling nucs or queens as they have been deemed unfit for sale by\nlaboratory confirmation of American Foulbrood, may be ordered by the\ncommissioner to destroy such colonies.\n (c) During the time specified in either such order authorized by this\nsubdivision, the quarantined colonies and equipment shall not be\nremoved, molested or tampered with except by written permission of the\ncommissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized representative. No\ndamage shall be awarded to the owner for the loss of any apiary, bees,\nhives, apiary appliance or bee product destroyed under the provisions of\nthis section or a regulation or order made in pursuance thereof.\n 4-a. All species and subspecies of bees determined by the commissioner\nto cause injury to this state's managed bee population, crops, or other\nplants and all bees, beehives, bee fixtures or appurtenances infected\nwith, or exposed to, contagious or infectious diseases of bees, or\ninfested with, or exposed to, insects or parasitic organisms adversely\naffecting bees, or with or to spec
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