RCW 15.60.005
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter:
(1)"Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington.
(2)"Director" means the director of the state department of agriculture or the director's authorized representative.
(3)"Apiary" means a site where hives of bees or hives are kept or found.
(4)"Apiarist" means any person who owns bees or is a keeper of bees in Washington.
(5)"Bees" means adult insects, eggs, larvae, pupae, or other immature stages of the species Apis mellifera.
(6)"Colony" refers to a natural group of bees having a queen or queens.
(7)"Hive" means a manufactured receptacle or container prepared for the use of bees, that includes movable frames, combs, and substances deposited into the hive by bees.
(8)"Person" means a natural person, individual, firm, partnership, company, society, association, corporation or every officer, agent, or employee of one of these entities.
(9)"Broker" means a person who is engaged in pollinating agricultural crops for a fee using hives that are owned by another person.
[ 2000 c 100 s 1 ; 1994 c 178 s 1 ; 1993 c 89 s 1 ; 1988 c 4 s 1 ; 1977 ex.s. c 362 s 1 ; 1961 c 11 s 15.60.005 . Prior: 1955 c 271 s 1 .]