Glenn County Municipal Code § 7.22 Acarine Mite Control

This chapter shall be known and may be referred to in all proceedings as the "Glenn County acarine mite quarantine ordinance." (Ord. 858 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The board of supervisors finds that acarine mite is not known to occur in Glenn County and if established would negatively affect the apiary industry. To prevent the entry of the acarine mite into Glenn County the regulations set out in this chapter are enacted. (Ord. 858 § 1 (part), 1986.)

Anyone trucking, shipping, hauling or in any way transporting into this county any shipment of honeybees shall notify the agricultural commissioner immediately of such arrival. The shipment then shall be held for inspection by the commissioner, unless accompanied by a certificate as required by Section 7.22.050 (B). The commissioner may sample the shipment using the procedures set forth in Section 7.22.050(B), and if the shipment is found to be infested with acarine mite, the shipment shall be removed from this county within forty-eight hours of written notice to the owner or shipper at his or her expense, or be destroyed under the supervision of the commissioner. (Ord. 858 § 1 (part), 1986.)

Unless accompanied by a certificate or inspected by the Glenn County agricultural commissioner, shipments of bees from other counties in California are prohibited entry into Glenn County. (Ord. 858 § 1 (part), 1986.)

Shipments of bees from other counties in California may enter Glenn County without an inspection provided they are accompanied by a certificate issued by the origin county agricultural commissioner, verifying that:

1. The origin county conducts an annual survey for acarine mite at the level of the 1985-1986 California survey for acarine mite, and that based on the latest survey results, acarine mite is not known to occur in the origin county; or

2. The shipment, within thirty days prior to movement into Glenn County was sampled and found free of acarine mite, by collecting, dissecting and examining at least seventy-five bees from each one hundred colonies. If the shipment consists of less than one hundred colonies, at least seventy-five bees shall have been examined. (Ord. 858 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The board of supervisors may, by resolution, set the fees for any inspection required or permitted by this chapter. (Ord. 858 § 1 (part), 1986.)