Section 5B-54.013 - Identification of Ownership of Honey Bee Hives(1) Each beekeeper registered with the department shall be issued a permanent firm number.(2) Commercial beekeepers shall post a 5'' x 9'' placard at each apiary location that is visable to the public with emergency contact information to include owner name and telephone number.(3) Each beekeeper must have the firm number burned or permanently imprinted on the upper left hand corner of the hive bodies in letters at least one-half inch in height.(4) If ownership of equipment is transferred, the original brand or imprint shall be left intact, and the brand or imprint of the new owner shall be placed below the original brand or imprint within six months.(5) A bill of sale or letter of transfer shall be required of any person in possession of any apiary equipment which is marked with a registration number other than his own.(6) Any person who alters, defaces, removes, or obliterates the brand or imprint on any apiary equipment or who possesses for use or sale any apiary equipment upon which the brand or imprint has been altered, defaced, removed, or obliterated is guilty of a violation of this chapter.(7) Stock dealers are not required to permanently mark hive bodies intended for sale as long as there is a valid Stock Dealer Certificate, FDACS-08517, revised 12/17, as incorporated in Rule 5B-54.014, F.A.C.Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 5B-54.013
Rulemaking Authority 586.10(2) FS. Law Implemented 586.10(3) FS.
New 11-22-88, Amended 11-4-92, Amended by Florida Register Volume 44, Number 050, March 13, 2018 effective 3/27/2018.New 11-22-88, Amended 11-4-92, 3-27-18.