4017. APICULTURE INFRACTIONS

4017 APICULTURE INFRACTIONS [RESERVED] [RESERVED] [RESERVED] Violation of any of the following provisions shall be a Class 4 infraction: (a) 19 DCMR § 1520.1 (failure to register a colony of bees with the Department); (b) 19 DCMR § 1523.1 (failure to obtain a permit prior to transporting a colony, portion of a colony, bees on combs, empty used combs, or used hives into the District); (c) 19 DCMR § 1523.3 (failure to obtain a Certificate of Apiary Inspection from the Department prior to taking any colony, portion of a colony, bees on combs, empty used combs, or used hives out of the District); (d) 19 DCMR § 1524.2 (failure to keep bees in hives with removable combs); (e) 19 DCMR § 1524.3 (failure to maintain hive in sound condition); (f) 19 DCMR § 1524.4 (failure to maintain adequate space in the hive to prevent overcrowding and deter swarming); (g) 19 DCMR § 1524.5 (failure to provide colony with a convenient, adequate, and constant source of water); (h) 19 DCMR § 1524.6 (failure to promptly remediate a bee swarm); 19 DCMR § 1525.1 (failure to locate a hive as required from a property line); (j) 19 DCMR § 1525.1d (failure to secure annual written approval from neighbors within 30 feet of the proposed hive when hive distance requirements aren’t met) (k) 19 DCMR § 1525.2 (failure to provide an adequate flyway barrier); (l) 19 DCMR § 1525.3 (failure to obtain written permission from the Department to keep more than four (4) hives on any one-quarter acre lot (10,890 square feet)); (m) 19 DCMR § 1526.2 (violation of the ban on the keeping of Africanized bees); (n) 19 DCMR § 1526.3 (failure to re-queen a colony with a marked queen in a colony that exhibits unusual aggressive characteristics); (o) 19 DCMR § 1527.1 (failure to take measures to control the spread of bee disease); (p) 19 DCMR § 1527.2 (failure to quarantine a colony that is suspected to have American foulbrood or other bee disease that may pose a risk to the colony, environment, or public health); (q) 19 DCMR § 1527.3 (failure to notify the Department of a quarantined colony); (r) 19 DCMR § 1527.4 (removing bees, colonies, and equipment from a quarantined area); or (s) 19 DCMR § 1527.8 (failure to properly destroy a colony with American foulbrood or any untreatable disease). SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 16108 (December 18, 2015) District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Consumers, Commercial Practices, & Civil Infractions 16 DCMR § 4017