{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1825.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 8-1825.02","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Africanized bee” means a hybrid variety of Apis mellifera produced by the cross-breeding of the aggressive African honey bee Apis mellifera scutellata with a European honey bee subspecies.\n\n(2)\n“Apiary” means a place where a colony is kept.\n\n(3)\n“Bee disease” means an abnormal condition resulting from action by a parasite, predator, or infectious agent.\n\n(4)\n“Brood” means the embryo and egg, larva, and pupa stages of a bee.\n\n(5)\n“Colony” means a hive and its equipment and appurtenances, including bees, brood, comb, pollen, and honey.\n\n(6)\n“Comb” means the assemblage of cells containing a living stage of a bee at a time prior to emergence as an adult.\n\n(7)\n“Department” means the District Department of the Environment.\n\n(7A)\n“Director” means the Director of the District Department of the Environment.\n\n(8)\n“Hive” means a container used for the housing of a colony.\n\n(9)\n\n      Apis mellifera\n    \n\n(10)\n“Multi-unit building” means a building with at least 4 separate housing units.\n\n(11)\n“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, association, firm, joint stock company, organization, commission, or any other legal entity.\n\n(12)\nRepealed.","path":["Title 8. Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.","Chapter 18. Animal Control.","Subchapter II-A. Sustainable Urban Agriculture Apiculture."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/8-1825.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9e4b3af5f00ef01c1ee76d70e2995e7ae79f40e5b746daeecce7092579bde562","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1825.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1825.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}