It has been determined by the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture that the Africanized Honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata) is a dangerously injurious insect and constitutes a menace to the practice of apiculture in New Jersey. The Africanized Honeybee is not native to the State of New Jersey. The keeping or importation of Africanized Honeybees in any stage of development, including honeybees with characteristics identifiable with the subspecies (Apis mellifera scutellata), fresh or frozen bee sperm, equipment, shipping and storage containers that have been used at an apiary, unprocessed comb are prohibited. Any other product, article or means of conveyance of any character whatsoever, if in the determination of the Department of Agriculture, presents a risk of the spread of the Africanized Honeybee, shall be prohibited.
N.J. Admin. Code § 2:20-5.1
See: 42 N.J.R. 2877(a), 43 N.J.R. 1330(a).
Deleted "regardless of the purity of the genetic strains of the bees," preceding the first occurrence of "fresh", and substituted "are" for ", vehicles that have been used to carry regulated articles, other than fresh or frozen bee sperm, is".