Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Apiary” means the physical location where beekeepers place one or more colonies of honeybees. As an adjective, “apiary” means pertaining to any aspect of beekeeping or the beekeeping industry.

“Beekeeper” means a person who keeps bees.

“Bees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis. It includes all life stages of these insects. For purposes of this chapter, bees and honeybees are interchangeable terms.

“Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the activities subject to this chapter.

“Colony” means the queen, the adult worker and drone bees, and the brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae) living together in a single society.

“Commission” means the California Apiary Research Commission.

“Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture.

“Districts” consist of the following:

“Ex officio members” are nonvoting members of the commission.

“Hive” means the structure containing a honeybee colony.

“Hive products” means materials collected or generated by honeybees, other than bees and honey, including, but not limited to, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly, venom, and propolis.

“Fiscal year” means the period beginning January 1 of any year and extending through the last day of December of that same year.

“Out-of-state beekeeper” means a producer whose principal residence is in an area outside of California.

“Pest” means American foulbrood or any other disease, parasite, virus or fungus, predator, or hereditary disorder that is detrimental to honeybees.

“Pollination unit” means a colony of adequate strength to meet the criteria delineated in a pollination contract for use in commercial crop pollination.

“Principal residence” means where the producer pays his or her state and local income tax.

“Producer” means an individual beekeeper or business who owns or operates, or owns and operates, more than 50 colonies in California, with the intent to earn income.

“Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.