Bee Regulation

(Consolidated up to 80/2023) ALBERTA REGULATION 194/2003 Bee Act BEE REGULATION Table of Contents 2 Diseases 3,4 Registration 5 Importation of bees 6 Appeal 7 Identification 8 Expiry 1 Repealed AR 80/2023 s2. Diseases 2 The following are designated as bee diseases: (a) American foulbrood ( Paenibacillus larvae ); (b) European foulbrood ( Melissococcus plutonius and associated bacteria); (c) Chalkbrood ( Ascosphaera apis ); (d) Nosema ( Vairimorpha apis and Vairimorpha ceranae ); (e) Sacbrood virus (family Iflaviridae ); (f) Tracheal mites ( Acarapis woodi ); (g) Varroa mites ( Varroa destructor ); (h) Tropilaelaps ( Tropilaelaps clareae and Tropilaelaps mercedesae ); (i) Small hive beetle ( Athena tumida ); (j) Asian honey bee ( Apis cerana ); (k) Giant honey bee ( Apis dorsata ); (l) Cape bee ( Apis mellifera capensis ); (m) Northern giant hornet ( Vespa mandarinia ); (n) Asian hornet ( Vespa soror and Vespa velutina ); (o) Africanized honey bee ( Apis mellifera scutellata species hybrid). AR 194/2003 s2;105/2007;155/2018;80/2023 Registration 3 (1) A beekeeper must apply for registration with the Provincial Apiculturist each year. (2) An applicant for registration must provide the following information to the Provincial Apiculturist: (a) the full name and contact information of the applicant; (b) the number of colonies of bees owned by the applicant; (c) the names of the municipalities in which live bees or beekeeping equipment owned by the applicant are located; (d) if the applicant has purchased live bees within the preceding 12 months or since the applicant’s last registration, the names of the persons who provided the bees. (3) An applicant for registration must advise the Provincial Apiculturist of any sale, gift or other transfer of live bees or used beekeeping equipment by the applicant to another person within the preceding 12 months or since the applicant’s last registration. AR 194/2003 s3;221/2004;80/2023 Registration 4 (1) On receipt of a complete application for registration, the Provincial Apiculturist must register the applicant and notify the applicant of the registration. (2) A registration under subsection (1) is valid until the next June 29 following the date of the registration. AR 194/2003 s4;80/2023 Importation of bees 5 (1) No person shall import bees into Alberta from a province or territory unless (a) the bees have been treated with a pesticide in a manner that is approved by the Provincial Apiculturist and that is in compliance with the Pest Control Products Act (Canada), and (b) the person has written permission in accordance with section 7(1) of the Act. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply (a) to beekeepers who maintain a beekeeping operation in Saskatchewan or British Columbia within 25 kilometres of the Alberta border, who winter all their bees solely in that location and are importing the bees to registered apiary locations in Alberta within 25 kilometres from the Saskatchewan or British Columbia border, as the case may be, or (b) to beekeepers who maintain a beekeeping operation in Alberta within 25 kilometres of the border with Saskatchewan or British Columbia, who winter all their bees solely in that location, who have exported the bees to registered apiary locations within 25 kilometres of Alberta in Saskatchewan or British Columbia, as the case may be, and who are importing them back into Alberta. Appeal 6 (1) An appeal may be commenced under section 11 of the Act by filing with the office of the Minister, during regular business hours, a notice of appeal that sets out the grounds of the appeal and includes a copy of the order being appealed. (2) The Minister may appoint an appeal panel consisting of no fewer than 3 persons and no more than 5 persons, the majority of whom possess bees or are members of the Alberta Beekeepers Commission or both. (2.1) An appeal panel appointed under subsection (2) must (a) hear the appeal within 10 days, not including holidays, of the date the notice of appeal is filed, and (b) render a decision within 20 days, not including holidays, of hearing the appeal. (3) If an appeal is commenced, the appeal panel may direct that the order under section 7 or 8 of the Act not be carried out or that the bees not be moved until it renders a decision under subsection (2.1). AR 194/2003 s6;80/2023 Identification 7 The document used for identification of apiculture inspectors must be signed by the Minister and must state the name of the apiculture inspector. AR 194/2003 s7;80/2023 Expiry 8 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on November 30, 2026. AR 194/2003 s8;183/2012;155/2018;220/2022