>The law, in part this states:
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>You can get a copy of the 1922 law from the Library of Congress.
Better >yet, ask your Congressman for help.
Hey, this is the Internet!!
Check out http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7/ch11.html.
Specifically, Section 281 states:
281. Importation of honeybees and honeybee semen restricted
(a) Honeybees
In order to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases and
parasites harmful to honeybees, and the introduction of
genetically undesirable germ plasm of honeybees, the
importation into the United States of all honeybees is
prohibited, except that honeybees may be imported into the
United States - (1) by the United States Department of
Agriculture for experimental or scientific purposes; (2) from
countries determined by the Secretary of Agriculture - (A) to
be free of diseases or parasites harmful to honeybees, and
undesirable species or subspecies of honeybees; and (B) to have
in operation precautions adequate to prevent the importation of
honeybees from other countries where harmful diseases or
parasites, or undesirable species or subspecies, of honeybees
exist; or (3) from Canada or Mexico, subject to such terms and
conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture determines
appropriate, if the Secretary determines that the region of
Canada or Mexico from which the honeybees originated is, and is
likely to remain, free of diseases or parasites harmful to
honeybees, and undesirable species or subspecies of honeybees.
(b) Honeybee semen
Honeybee semen may be imported into the United States only from
(1) countries determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be
free of undesirable species or subspecies of honeybees, and
which have in operation precautions adequate to prevent the
importation of such undesirable honeybees and their semen, or
(2) Canada or Mexico, if the Secretary of Agriculture
determines that the region of Canada or Mexico from which the
imports originate is, and is likely to remain, free of
undesirable species or subspecies of honeybees.
(c) Rules and regulations
Honeybees and honeybee semen imported pursuant to subsections
(a) and (b) of this section shall be imported under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. (d) Destruction or
immediate exportation of nonexcepted honeybees or honeybee
semen offered for import or intercepted
Except with respect to honeybees and honeybee semen imported
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section, all
honeybees or honeybee semen offered for import or intercepted
entering the United States shall be destroyed or immediately
exported.
(e) ''Honeybee'' defined
As used in this chapter, the term ''honeybee'' means all life
stages and the germ plasm of honeybees of the genus Apis,
except honeybee semen.
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