KRS 252.170: Definitions.

As used in KRS 252.180 to 252.240, and KRS 252.990, unless the context requires

otherwise:

(1) "Bees" means any stage of the common hive or honey bee (apis mellifica) or other

bees kept for the production of honey or wax;

(2) "Bee diseases" means American or European foul brood, sacbrood, bee paralysis,

disappearing disease, Isle of Wight disease, or any other disease or abnormal

condition of the egg, larval, pupal or adult stages of bees;

(3) "Apiary" means any place where one (1) or more colonies or nuclei of bees are kept;

(4) "Queen apiaries" means any apiary in which queen bees shall be reared for sale or

gift;

(5) "Hive" means any modern frame hive, box hive, box, barrel, log gum, skep, or any

other receptacle, natural or artificial, or any part thereo f which may be used as a

domicile for bees;

(6) "Appliances" means any honey house, used tools, machines, or devices used in the

handling or manipulation of bees, honey, wax, or used hives. It shall also mean any

container of honey, or wax, which may be used in an apiary;

(7) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture or any division thereof to which

the administration of KRS 252.180 to 252.240 may be delegated by the

Commissioner of Agriculture; and

(8) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture.