Q:  Are there any restrictions on knowingly keeping African bees in an
apiary situation in the US?

Section 174.  Keeping of diseased and banned bees prohibited;
existence of disease to be reported.

4.  All species and subspecies of bees which have been determined by
the commissioner to cause injury, directly or indirectly, to this
state's useful bee population, crops, or other plants and all bees,
beehives, bee fixtures or appurtenances infected with, or exposed to,
contagious or infectious diseases of bees, or infested with, or
exposed to, insects or parasitic organisms adversely affecting bees,
or with or to species or subspecies of bees which have been determined
by him to cause injury, directly or indirectly, to this state's useful
bee population, crops, or other plants, are hereby declared to be
nuisances to be abated as hereinafter described.

5.  If any inspection made by the commissioner or his duly authorized
representative discloses that any apiary, appliances, structures,
colonies, or comb constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this
section, the commissioner or his duly authorized representatives may
with the cooperation and consent of the owner or person in charge
immediately proceed to abate the nuisance by destroying or treating
such colonies and equipment, or he may order the owner or person in
charge to destroy or treat such colonies or equipment as may by be
deemed advisable.

New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets CIRCULAR  807
Article 15 of the Agriculture and Markets Law


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