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2 CAR § 21-208. Disease eradication
2 CAR § 21-208. Disease eradication.
(a)(1) American Foulbrood. If American foulbrood disease is found to exist in any degree in an apiary, after written notice to the owner or person responsible for the apiary and after a final determination is made, the inspector shall destroy or cause to be destroyed the diseased colonies and contaminated equipment in the following manner:
(A) By killing the bees in infected hives and burning the bees, combs, frames, and honey in a pit and burying the ashes at least 1 foot (1’) below the surface of the ground; and
(B) By scorching with fire or boiling in lye solution, i.e., one pound (1 lb.) lye per ten gallons (10 gals.) of water, for not less than thirty (30) minutes the hive bodies, bottom boards, covers, supers, or other equipment associated with the infected colonies.
(2) The quarantine which is placed on an apiary when American foulbrood disease is found shall not be lifted until:
(A) These eradication measures have been carried out to the satisfaction of the inspector; and
(B) Subsequent inspections reveal no American foulbrood disease in the apiary.
(b) European Foulbrood.
(1) If European foulbrood disease is found to exist in any degree in an
apiary, written notice and opportunity for appeal as described previously herein will be given to the owner or person responsible for the apiary.
(2) The written notice shall require that in each infected colony:
(A) The queen shall be killed immediately;
(B) An approved antibiotic shall be fed immediately and once per week for at least three (3) weeks thereafter; and
(C) After ten (10) days a new queen shall be introduced into the colony.
(3) If the owner or person responsible for the apiary refuses or fails to carry out the prescribed eradication procedures, the infected colonies shall be destroyed by the inspector in the manner described for American foulbrood disease.
(4) The quarantine which is placed on an apiary when European foulbrood disease is found shall not be lifted until:
(A) These eradication measures have been carried out to the satisfaction of the inspector; and
(B) Subsequent inspections reveal no European foulbrood disease in the apiary.
(c) Other Bee Diseases. If sacbrood, chalkbrood, bee paralysis, or other bee diseases are found to exist in any degree in an apiary, the inspector will require such treatment as may be specified by the State Apiarist.