The following article applies to people importing honey bees into NB for 2007. Please note that this applies to honey bees being brought in for any purpose and includes people purchasing honey bees, renting honey bees, selling honey bees and any other use of honey bees. These procedures are in place to protect the honey bee industry from honey bee diseases.
Interprovincial movement of honey bees into NB for 2007
The following outlines the New Brunswick sanitary requirements for honey bees being transported from outside New Brunswick into New Brunswick. Please find below information on
A) Requirements for honey bees to enter New Brunswick from outside New Brunswick, and
B) Beekeepers who do not meet these requirements.
Subject A:
Requirements for honey bees to enter New Brunswick from outside New Brunswick
A beekeeper intending to transport honey bees from outside NB to NB must do the following: The beekeeper must ensure that the bees are accompanied with a “Permit to Import and Transport Honey Bees / Autorisation d’importer et de transporter des abeilles” (issued by the Provincial Apiarist in NB) which is dated not more than six months before the date the bees are imported into NB.
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