Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-113: Voluntary registration program – Location of new apiaries

– Abandoned apiaries.

A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry,

on a form prescribed by the Department, shall establish a voluntary

registration program. The program shall be available to any of the

following:

1. Any person establishing, maintaining, or locating an apiary

within the state;

2. Any person shipping bees into the state; or

3. Migratory beekeepers that transport colonies of bees into

the state.

B. The Department shall issue to each registrant a registration

identification number. Any person owning an apiary that does not

register with the Department shall be required to post personal

contact information at or near their apiary.

C. All registrants shall pay registration fees as established

by the State Board of Agriculture. Fees shall be paid to the Board

prior to the processing of the registration.

D. The Board shall promulgate rules to establish and administer

the voluntary registration program.

E. No person shall locate a new apiary within close proximity

to an established apiary if the Department determines that the new

apiary presents an imminent danger of spreading bee diseases or

pests or interferes with the proper feeding and foraging of an

established apiary.

F. If the Department discovers an apiary that does not appear

to have a registration identification number, the Department shall

make a reasonable effort to locate and notify the beekeeper or

owner. If no beekeeper or owner is identified for the apiary, then

it may be designated as an abandoned apiary, and the Department may

destroy the apiary or donate it to an appropriate research facility.