                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTIES OF BEEKEEPERS (§ 3.2-4403)

Beekeepers shall:

1. Provide movable frames with combs or foundation in all hives used by them to
contain bees, except for short periods, not to exceed the first spring honey
flow, and to cause the bees in such hives to construct brood combs in such
frames so that any of the frames may be removed from the hive without injuring
other combs in such hive; and

2. Securely and tightly close the entrance of any hive in apiaries not free from
disease and make the hive tight so that robber bees cannot enter, leave, or
obtain honey from the hives as long as the hives remain in a location accessible
by honeybees.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-497; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-602; 1972, c. 499, §
3.1-610.10; 2008, c. 860.