This Ordinance prescribes rules relative to the keeping of bees, provides for inspection of beekeeping and the importation of bees or products related to bees and requires apiaries to register with Registrar of Apiaries appointed for the purposes of this Ordinance. No person shall sell, or offer for sale, any bee product produced in the Islands by bees not kept in a registered apiary. The Act contains various rules regarding the keeping of bees for commercial purposes and makes provision for various measures to be taken to prevent the spreading of diseases affecting bees. Only drugs approved by the Island Council may be used to fight bee diseases. Some rules of the Ordinance concern the importation of bees, bee products and bee appliances.
Pitcairn (UK) · 1999-05-10