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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 452 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 594<\/a> and 681<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195243,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65322,"identifier":"3.2-2800","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/28\/3.2-2800","url":"\/3.2-2800\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2800\/","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/28\/3.2-2800","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2800","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Beekeeper<\/span>” means any person who keeps and manages bees for profit, and shall include those growers who keep bees for pollinating crops.\n\t\t“Cross pollination<\/span>” means the transfer of pollen from the anthers of blossoms to the stigmas of other blossoms of the same crops or a variety of the same crop.\n\t\t“Pollination contractor<\/span>” means any person who contracts<\/span> to supply a means of cross pollinating the blossoms of any specified plant.\n\t\t“Producer<\/span>” means any person engaged in the business of raising crops that benefit from cross pollination<\/span> by honeybees or other pollinating insects.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-2800)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Beekeeper” means any person who keeps and manages bees for\nprofit, and shall include those growers who keep bees for pollinating crops.\n\t\t“Cross pollination” means the transfer of pollen from the anthers\nof blossoms to the stigmas of other blossoms of the same crops or a variety of\nthe same crop.\n\t\t“Pollination contractor” means any person who contracts to supply\na means of cross pollinating the blossoms of any specified plant.\n\t\t“Producer” means any person engaged in the business of raising\ncrops that benefit from cross pollination by honeybees or other pollinating\ninsects.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 452, \u00a7 3.1-610.23; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 594, 681.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}