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The Department shall select individuals receiving beehive units at random from the completed eligible applications received during the application period. In the event that funds are not available in the Beehive Grant Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-4415 (the Fund), the Department shall notify individuals who submitted applications but were not selected to receive beehive units that the funds available for that fiscal year have been exhausted. The Department shall not be required to carry forward pending applications to the next fiscal year in which funds are available in the Fund.\n\t\tThe Department may use funds from the Fund to pay for the costs of purchasing, building, or distributing the beehive units and for the costs of administering the beehive distribution program. 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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 412<\/a> and 473<\/a> 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. 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 2018, chapter 192<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 407<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76448,"section_number":"3.2-4415","catch_line":"Beehive Grant Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4415\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85187,"section_number":"23.1-2608","catch_line":"Definitions; Virginia Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Division established; Cooperative Extension Service Program recognized","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2608\/"},{"id":76448,"section_number":"3.2-4415","catch_line":"Beehive Grant Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4415\/"}],"permalink":{"id":196557,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63371,"identifier":"3.2-4416","token":"3.2\/III\/44\/3.2-4416","url":"\/3.2-4416\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4416\/","token":"3.2\/III\/44\/3.2-4416","dublin_core":{"Title":"Beehive distribution program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4416","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any individual registered with the Department<\/span> as a beekeeper may apply to the Department<\/span> for no more than three basic beehive units per year per household. The Department<\/span> shall establish guidelines setting forth the components of a basic beehive unit and the general requirements for qualifying for such unit. The Department<\/span> shall accept applications for beehive units during an application period of not less than 15 days. The Department<\/span> shall select individuals receiving beehive units at random from the completed eligible applications received during the application period. In the event that funds are not available in the Beehive Grant Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-4415<\/a> (the Fund), the Department<\/span> shall notify individuals who submitted applications but were not selected to receive beehive units that the funds available for that fiscal year have been exhausted. The Department<\/span> shall not be required to carry forward pending applications to the next fiscal year in which funds are available in the Fund.\n\t\tThe Department<\/span> may use funds from the Fund to pay for the costs of purchasing, building, or distributing the beehive units and for the costs of administering the beehive distribution program. The Department<\/span> may work cooperatively with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Division, established pursuant to Article 2 (\u00a7 23.1-2608<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 26 of Title 23.1, to carry out the provisions of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBEEHIVE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM (\u00a7 3.2-4416)\n\nAny individual registered with the Department as a beekeeper may apply to the\nDepartment for no more than three basic beehive units per year per household.\nThe Department shall establish guidelines setting forth the components of a\nbasic beehive unit and the general requirements for qualifying for such unit.\nThe Department shall accept applications for beehive units during an application\nperiod of not less than 15 days. The Department shall select individuals\nreceiving beehive units at random from the completed eligible applications\nreceived during the application period. In the event that funds are not\navailable in the Beehive Grant Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 3.2-4415 (the\nFund), the Department shall notify individuals who submitted applications but\nwere not selected to receive beehive units that the funds available for that\nfiscal year have been exhausted. The Department shall not be required to carry\nforward pending applications to the next fiscal year in which funds are\navailable in the Fund.\n\t\tThe Department may use funds from the Fund to pay for the costs of purchasing,\nbuilding, or distributing the beehive units and for the costs of administering\nthe beehive distribution program. The Department may work cooperatively with the\nVirginia Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station\nDivision, established pursuant to Article 2 (\u00a7 23.1-2608 et seq.) of Chapter 26\nof Title 23.1, to carry out the provisions of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 412, 473; 2018, c. 192; 2020, c. 407.","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}}