312 IAC 18-3-7 - Africanized bees
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-24-3
Affected: IC 14-24
Sec. 7.
(a) Apis
mellifera scutellata is a species or subspecies of bee which may endanger the
honey industry in Indiana.
(b) Apis
mellifera scutellata is a pest or pathogen. This section governs the control of
Apis mellifera scutellata.
(c) This
subsection provides the criteria to establish what is the minimum action
required to control Apis mellifera as follows:
(1) If one (1) swarm, nest, or managed colony
without a comb with a less than seven-tenths (0.7) probability of
Africanization is detected or confirmed by the division, no additional action
is required.
(2) If one (1) swarm
or nest without a comb having at least a seven-tenths (0.7) probability of
Africanization (or a managed colony with a seven-tenths (0.7) to nine-tenths
(0.9) probability of Africanization) is detected or confirmed by the division,
the following applies:
(A) The following for
feral bees:
(i) Any swarm or nest shall be
destroyed.
(ii) If the bees are
detected in association with a vehicle of conveyance or transportation, the
vehicle shall not leave the site until eradication is completed.
(B) The following for a managed
colony of bees:
(i) Requeening and brood
disposal of the colony shall be completed.
(ii) Other colonies in the vicinity of the
affected colony shall be sampled as determined by the division.
(3) If two (2) or three
(3) swarms or one (1) nest with a comb having seven-tenths (0.7) or greater
probability of Africanization (or a managed colony with more than a nine-tenths
(0.9) probability of Africanization) is detected within an area that is no
larger than one (1) square mile, the following applies:
(A) The following for feral bees:
(i) Any swarm or nest of feral bees within
the area of one (1) square mile shall be destroyed.
(ii) Any managed colony within the one (1)
square mile area shall be inspected.
(B) The following for a managed colony of
bees which has more than a nine-tenths (0.9) probability of Africanization:
(i) The bees and broods in the colony shall
be destroyed.
(ii) All feral swarms
and nests within the one (1) square mile area shall be destroyed.
(iii) Any other managed colony within the one
(1) square mile area shall be inspected.
(iv) Queen excluders shall be placed on any
managed colony to confine the queen within the colony until inspection and
control activities are completed within the one (1) square mile area which is
regulated under this subsection.
(4) If an inspection of an adjacent apiary
with a previous detection of Africanization also discloses evidence of
Africanization, the adjacent apiary is an extension of the original detection
and shall be treated as provided in this subsection depending upon the
probability of Africanization. Any managed colony subsequently found in a
physically separate apiary is a separate detection and treated depending upon
the probability of Africanization.
(5) The division director may order
eradication activities in addition to those prescribed in subdivisions (1)
through (4) where appropriate to the control of Apis mellifera
scutellata.
(6) An eradication
activity required under this subsection shall continue for the longer of the
following periods:
(A) Until eradication is
declared by the division director.
(B) One (1) year.
(7) Unless otherwise inconsistent with IC
14-24 or this article, the division may apply the recommendations for the
control of Apis mellifera scutellata which are contained in USDA-APHIS-PPQ-EP,
Action Plan for African Honey Bee (1983).
Notes
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