Article 5. Intrastate Movement of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 13. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 5.

(a) Any person relocating a colony of bees from a registered apiary in one county to another county, where the apiary is not registered for the current calendar year, shall notify the destination commissioner by telephone within five days of the first movement. The notification shall include all of the following:
  (1) The name and address of the apiary operator or his or her designated representative.
  (2) A telephone number where the apiary operator or his or her designated representative may be reached.
  (b) The apiary operator or his or her designated representative shall provide locations of each colony upon request by the commissioner of any county.
  (c) Subsequent movement into the destination county shall not require further notification to the commissioner if, when the apiary operator removes the last colony from the county, he or she notifies the commissioner of that final movement within 72 hours.

(a) Any apiary operator or his or her designated representative relocating a colony of bees within a county where the apiary is currently registered is not required to notify the commissioner of the movement.
  (b) The apiary operator or his or her designated representative shall provide the commissioner with all locations of colonies upon request.

It is lawful for any person, except when prohibited by other provisions of this chapter, to do any of the following:
  (a) Transport any contaminated hive, together with its contents, to a suitable place for burning, or to a wax salvage plant licensed under Article 11 (commencing with Section 29150), after the person has killed the bees in the hive and sealed the hive to prevent the entrance of live bees.
  (b) Transport contaminated comb, including any frame associated with it, to a suitable place for burning, or to a wax salvage plant, licensed under the provisions of Article 11 (commencing with Section 29150) if the comb is tightly enclosed to prevent access to the comb by bees.

No person shall move or transport any bees, comb, appliances, or colonies within the state which are diseased, except for abatement pursuant to this chapter or for research pursuant to Section 29074.

The inspector, in a summary manner, may destroy where required, any and all diseased colonies, bees, combs, or hives which are unlawfully moved within the state wherever they may be found.

The director by written permit, subject to conditions the director may determine are necessary to protect the beekeeping industry of this state, may authorize federal and state agencies to transport and maintain within the state diseased bees, comb, hives, appliances, or colonies for the purpose of studying methods of eradicating and controlling bee diseases.