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New York Code › Act AGM › Article 15 › Section 173-A

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§ 173-a. Definitions. When used in this article:\n 1. "Apiary" shall mean any location used for raising honey bees or\nproducing honey or other bee related products.\n 2. "Colony" shall mean any production unit of bees.\n 3. "Nucleus colony or nucs" shall mean a starter colony, consisting of\na laying queen and up to five frames of brood and bees.\n 4. "Beekeeper" shall mean any individual or entity that maintains\nmanaged honey bees for profit, research, recreational, or educational\npurposes.\n 5. "Queen" shall mean the single reproductive female in a colony of\nhoney bees.\n 6. "Brood comb" shall mean the beeswax structure of cells where the\nqueen bee lays eggs in which immature bees are reared.\n

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