Alabama (AL)

On the runs: Southeast to Gulf to California

Record held: 37 fields — 20 published, 17 not published / not yet checked.

This is a thin record because the state publishes little of this layer. What it publishes is below; every field it does not publish is marked plainly instead of filled in. A short page with honest gaps is the right page for this state.

Regulator

StateAlabamaPublished · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Plant Protection — Apiary/Beekeeping

RegulatorAlabama Department of Agriculture and Industries — Plant ProtectionPublished · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Plant Protection — Apiary/Beekeeping

Regulator typeDepartment of agriculture division (dept-of-agriculture-division)Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Apiary Protection Unit

Regulator contactAlabama Department of Agriculture and Industries — State Apiary Protection Unit (Plant Protection) • (334) 240-7228 or (334) 240-7172 (as published by ADAI for the State Apiary Protection Unit).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Africanized Honeybees Detected in Alabama (department release, June 2025)

Instruments

Health / inspection certificate (alabama.entry-health-certificate · issued by the origin side)

FeeNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Validity windowThe certificate must be based on actual examination during the time the bees are rearing brood and within a period of sixty (60) days preceding the date of shipment (Ala. Code § 2-14-4(a)).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-4, Movement or shipment of honeybees into state (statute text via Justia)

Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Lead timeNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

What the certificate must stateThe certificate of inspection must certify that the honeybees and the combs and hives from which the bees were taken were inspected and are apparently free from contagious and infectious diseases; it must be based on actual examination during brood-rearing and within 60 days preceding shipment. The certificate must be attached to each parcel or package of shipped or moved honeybees in a conspicuous place and written in plain letters. All shipments or movements of honeybees into Alabama shall be in combless packages only (§ 2-14-4(a)). It is also unlawful to ship or move, into, within, or out of the state, a queen or other bees in packages or cages containing any food, any part of which is honey (§ 2-14-4(b)).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-4, Movement or shipment of honeybees into state (statute text via Justia)

Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Who applies / who signsThe certificate must be signed by the apiary inspector or other official performing similar duties of the state or country from which the shipment is made (Ala. Code § 2-14-4(a)). ADAI publishes the same requirement in operator terms: packages or queens may be imported into Alabama as long as they are accompanied by a valid health certificate from the state of origin (ADAI Apiary Protection Unit).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-4, Movement or shipment of honeybees into state (statute text via Justia)

Entry permit (alabama.movement-permit · issued by the destination side)

FeeNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Validity windowThe permit must have been issued within the calendar year during which the movement or shipment is to be made (Ala. Code § 2-14-6).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-6, Shipment, movement, etc., of used beekeeping equipment or appliances without permit from Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries (statute text via LawServer)

Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Lead timeNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

What the certificate must stateBefore a permit is issued, the proposed movement of any honeybees or beekeeping equipment shall be in compliance with all conditions and requirements prescribed under rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for the prevention of the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees (Ala. Code § 2-14-6).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-6, Shipment, movement, etc., of used beekeeping equipment or appliances without permit from Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries (statute text via LawServer)

Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Who applies / who signsIt is unlawful to move, transport, or ship any honeybees, combs, or used beekeeping equipment or appliances without a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries bearing the approval or countersignature of the State Apiarist (Ala. Code § 2-14-6). Separately, § 2-14-5 bars shipping or moving into Alabama for delivery within the state any previously used hives, combs, frames, appliances, supers, or other used beekeeping equipment or supplies, with an exception for clean used screen cages and clean used honey containers brought in to transport bees or honey out of the state.Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-6, Shipment, movement, etc., of used beekeeping equipment or appliances without permit from Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries (statute text via LawServer)

Entry permit (alabama.compliance-agreement · issued by the destination side)

FeeNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Validity windowNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Lead timeNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

What the certificate must stateAla. Code § 2-14-4(d): section 2-14-4 'shall not apply to bees moved into this state pursuant to a compliance agreement with the Department of Agriculture and Industries as provided by rule of the department.' The text of the department rule providing for such compliance agreements was not found in the primary sources fetched for this packet, so the agreement's further terms are not recorded here.Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-4, Movement or shipment of honeybees into state (statute text via Justia)

Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Who applies / who signsBees are moved into Alabama under a compliance agreement with the Department of Agriculture and Industries as provided by rule of the department (Ala. Code § 2-14-4(d)). This is the only published route by which colonies on comb may enter Alabama; the default rule of § 2-14-4(a) limits shipments and movements into the state to combless packages only.Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-4, Movement or shipment of honeybees into state (statute text via Justia)

Registration (alabama.registration · issued by the destination side)

Fee$4 (per-year) — ADAI publishes the fee structure as '$4.00 for 1 to 9 hives up to $60.00 for 500 or more hives', with a 15% late fee (ADAI Apiary/Beekeeping FAQ). Ala. Code § 2-14-3 separately publishes a table headed 'Maximum Registration Fee' — 1-9 colonies $5.00; 10-24 $10.00; 25-49 $15.00; 50-99 $20.00; 100-249 $25.00; 250-499 $50.00; 500 or more $75.00 — and provides that the Board of Agriculture and Industries establishes the fee for each category.Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Apiary/Beekeeping FAQ (Plant Protection)

Validity windowAnnual: registration renewals begin September 1 and run through October 1; any renewal after that is considered late and assessed a 15% late fee (ADAI Apiary/Beekeeping FAQ).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Apiary/Beekeeping FAQ (Plant Protection)

Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Lead timeEvery beekeeper registers on or before October 1 of each year; colonies acquired after October 1 must also be registered, except that colonies acquired between April 1 and October 1 need not be registered until October 1 of the year following their acquisition (Ala. Code § 2-14-3).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-3, Registration of colonies, bee yards, and apiaries; disposition of fees and fines (statute text via Justia)

What the certificate must stateRegistration is made with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries on forms furnished by the commissioner, showing the number and location of the colonies of honeybees, together with the bee yard and apiary locations and other information required by the commissioner (Ala. Code § 2-14-3).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-3, Registration of colonies, bee yards, and apiaries; disposition of fees and fines (statute text via Justia)

Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Who applies / who signsEvery beekeeper, owner, or other person in possession of any honeybees in Alabama registers every colony, bee yard, and apiary in their possession (Ala. Code § 2-14-3); ADAI states a beekeeper license is required even for bees kept for personal use, with registration available online or on paper through the Apiary Administrator (ADAI Apiary/Beekeeping FAQ).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-3, Registration of colonies, bee yards, and apiaries; disposition of fees and fines (statute text via Justia)

Moving bees — the rules around the instruments

Passing throughNo pass-through exemption is published in Ala. Code § 2-14-4. All shipments or movements of honeybees into Alabama shall be in combless packages only (§ 2-14-4(a)). Section 2-14-4 does not apply to bees moved into the state pursuant to a compliance agreement with the Department of Agriculture and Industries as provided by rule of the department (§ 2-14-4(d)).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-4, Movement or shipment of honeybees into state (statute text via Justia)

Border and destination inspectionNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

County layerThe State Apiarist shall prepare or cause to be prepared county maps showing the exact location of all apiaries located in each county of Alabama, and the county maps shall be maintained based on information obtained from annual apiary inspections (Ala. Code § 2-14-8). No county filing duty for interstate entry is published in Chapter 14.Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-8, Preparation and maintenance of county maps of apiary locations (statute text via onecle)

Recognition of other states' certificatesNot published / not yet checkedLooked on Oct 20, 2026 — nothing published was found for this field.

Consequences, as publishedMoving honeybees into Alabama on comb in violation of Ala. Code § 2-14-4(a) draws a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) per hive moved, and it is unlawful to move the hives on comb from their original location within the state. The owner or possessor must be given notice by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to move the hives out of the state within seven (7) days of the notice; if the hives are not so moved, the hives shall be destroyed. On conviction the presiding judge may award an informant up to one-half of the fines imposed (§ 2-14-4(c)).Published · Checked Oct 20, 2026 · Source: Ala. Code § 2-14-4, Movement or shipment of honeybees into state (statute text via Justia)

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