Honey storage and handling

(a) Honey can be contaminated with certain organisms that can cause disease in honeybees. Therefore, honey containers and beekeeping equipment that are wet with honey shall be stored, transported, and handled in such a way that free-flying honeybees will not be able to gain access to that honey. (b) No candy or other food containing honey shall be used in queen mailing cages. Acts 1995, ch. 402, § 21; T.C.A. § 44-15-220. (a) Honey can be contaminated with certain organisms that can cause disease in honeybees. Therefore, honey containers and beekeeping equipment that are wet with honey shall be stored, transported, and handled in such a way that free-flying honeybees will not be able to gain access to that honey. (b) No candy or other food containing honey shall be used in queen mailing cages. Acts 1995, ch. 402, § 21; T.C.A. § 44-15-220.