N.J. Admin. Code § 2:24-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 2:24-2.2 - Entities with apiary inspection services

(a) No colony, nucleus of bees, used apiary equipment coming from a state or country having an apiary inspection service shall be permitted into New Jersey unless accompanied by a valid certificate of inspection from the exporting state or country stating that the bees or equipment are apparently free from the conditions listed in N.J.A.C. 2:24-2.1 and that the bees are not Africanized bees derived from the African subspecies (Apis mellifera scutellata) and free from the characteristics identifiable therewith in accordance with N.J.A.C. 2:24-3.1.

(b) No certificate of inspection shall be honored unless a brood nest inspection was made no more than 60 days prior to shipment from the site the bees were immediately prior to shipment into New Jersey. Inspections shall be conducted in the manner prescribed at N.J.A.C. 2:24-4.

1. The inspection date and percentage of inspection for American foulbrood, the percentage sampled for Varroa mites, if available and the sampling method with the results, must be shown on the inspection certificate.

(c) Each colony must be annually inspected by a duly appointed inspector of the state of origin.

(d) No certificate of inspection shall be honored by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture on any colonies infected with American foulbrood. If an examination of the bees is undertaken pursuant to N.J.A.C. 2:24-2.1, the certificate of inspection will not be honored unless the findings of the examination are supplied.

(e) No certificate shall be honored unless the sampling procedure is done in accordance to a sampling standard of the industry, or U.S. Department of Agriculture, and recognized by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.

(f) The certificate of inspection must be received prior to entrance into New Jersey by the:

Director, Division of Plant Industry

New Jersey Department of Agriculture

PO Box 330

Trenton, NJ 08625-0330

Phone (609) 406-6939

Fax (609) 406-6960

N.J. Admin. Code § 2:24-2.2

Amended by R.1995 d.200, effective 4/3/1995.
See: 27 N.J.R. 5(a), 27 N.J.R. 1400(a).
Amended by R.2005 d.289, effective 9/6/2005.
See: 37 N.J.R. 1276(a), 37 N.J.R. 3284(a).
In (c), substituted "annually inspected" for "marked" and deleted the sentence "Such marks must be changed annually."
Amended by R.2012 d.163, effective 9/17/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1583(a), 44 N.J.R. 2241(a).
In (a), updated the second N.J.A.C. reference; in the introductory paragraph of (b), deleted "and a Varroa mite sample taken," following "made"; deleted former (b)1; recodified former (b)2 as (b)1; in (b)1, inserted "if available"; and in (d), inserted "by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture", deleted "or from an infected area as determined by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture" following "foulbrood", and updated the N.J.A.C. reference.
Administrative change.
See: 47 N.J.R. 101(a).