For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APIARY. The assembly of one or more colonies of bees on a single lot.
BEEKEEPER. A person who owns or has charge of one or more colonies of honey bees or a person who owns or controls a lot on which a colony is located whether or not the person is intentionally keeping honey bees.
BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT. Anything used in the operation of an apiary, such as hive bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom boards and extractors.
COLONY. An aggregate of honey bees consisting principally of workers, but having, when perfect, one queen and at times drones, brood, combs, and honey.
FLYWAY BARRIER. A barrier that raises the flight path of bees as they come and go from a hive.
HIVE. The receptacle inhabited by a colony.
HONEY BEE. All life stages of the common domestic HONEY BEE. This definition does not include wasps, hornets, African subspecies, or Africanized hybrids.
NUCLEUS COLONY. A small quantity of honey bees with a queen housed in a smaller than usual hive box designed for a particular purpose, and containing no supers.
SUPER. A box that holds the frames where bees will store the honey.
SWARMING. The process where a queen bee leaves a colony with a large group of worker bees in order to form a new honey bee colony.
UNUSUAL AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR. Any instance in which unusual aggressive characteristics such as stinging or attacking without provocation occurs.
(Prior Code, § 6-8-1) (Ord. 634, passed 4-11-2016)