Idaho (ID)
On the runs: Pacific Northwest / Intermountain to California (origin branch) · Pacific Northwest / Intermountain to California (origin branch)
Record held: 37 fields — 23 published, 14 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
StateIdaho
RegulatorIdaho State Department of Agriculture — Apiary Program
Regulator typeDepartment of agriculture division (dept-of-agriculture-division)
Regulator contactIdaho State Department of Agriculture — Apiary Program, 2270 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, ID 83712 / P.O. Box 7249, Boise, ID 83707 • (208) 332-8500. Apiary inspection scheduling: Treasure Valley 208-332-8650; Magic Valley 208-736-2195 (ISDA Apiary Program page).
Instruments
Registration (registration · issued by the destination side)
Fee$10 (per-year) — Idaho Code § 22-2510(1): 'an annual registration fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for up to fifty (50) colonies. Each additional colony in excess of the first fifty (50) colonies shall be assessed at the rate of ten cents (10¢) per colony.' The per-colony rate for colonies over 50 may be increased to not more than $0.20 per colony by beekeeper referendum (§ 22-2510(2)). Hobbyist beekeepers are exempt from registration under the section. The fee is a lien upon the beekeeper's apicultural products, equipment, bees, and property (§ 22-2510(3)). ISDA's Apiary Program page adds a honey advertising tax on each colony, payable with registration by commercial beekeepers.
Validity windowAnnual registration: the annual fee is levied on each beekeeper maintaining colonies in Idaho or desiring to move bees into the state (Idaho Code § 22-2510(1)), and the registration form is filed on or before July 1 each year (IDAPA 02.06.02 § 340).
Notice deadlineThe registration form is filed with ISDA on or before July 1 each year (IDAPA 02.06.02 § 340).
Lead timeNot published / not yet checked
What the certificate must stateThe Registration form specifies the registrant's name and residence, the place of apiaries, the number of hives or colonies owned or controlled, and other information the form requires, and is accompanied by the applicable registration fee (IDAPA 02.06.02 § 340).
Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checked
Who applies / who signsEach beekeeper maintaining colonies within Idaho, or desiring to move bees into the state; hobbyist beekeepers are exempt from registration under § 22-2510. ISDA's Apiary Program page: commercial beekeepers with more than 50 colonies are required to register and pay the registration fee; registration is recommended for hobbyist beekeepers.
Entry permit (temporary-winter-storage-permit · issued by the destination side)
Fee$0 (per-operation) — Idaho Code § 22-2510(4): 'Hives brought into the state for indoor winter storage prior to moving to another state for pollination or honey production are exempt from paying fees as provided for in this section. Provided however, registration shall be required…' ISDA's Temporary Winter Storage Permit page publishes no separate permit fee.
Validity windowThe permit covers hives brought into Idaho for indoor winter storage before moving to another state for pollination or honey production; the form asks for estimated arrival and departure dates (ISDA Temporary Winter Storage Permit page; Idaho Code § 22-2510(4)).
Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checked
Lead timeThe Temporary Storage Permit form must be completed and submitted to ISDA prior to transporting hives into Idaho; no number of days is published (ISDA Temporary Winter Storage Permit page).
What the certificate must stateThe form asks for the business name, proprietor, phone numbers, email, and address; the town and county of the storage location; the permanent Idaho landowner and contacts; and estimated arrival and departure dates. Idaho Code § 22-2510(4) requires at minimum: the location of the storage; approximate dates the hives will be brought into and leave the state; the name, address, and telephone number of the owner of the bees; and the name, address, and telephone number of an in-state contact. ISDA publishes that an attached copy of an inspection certificate indicating the bees are free from infectious disease is 'recommended but not mandatory.'
Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checked
Who applies / who signsAny beekeeper bringing honeybees into Idaho for winter storage. ISDA publishes that for honeybees moved into the state for anything other than temporary winter storage, the owners must register with ISDA and pay all applicable registration fees (ISDA Temporary Winter Storage Permit page).
Health / inspection certificate (outbound-inspection-certificate · issued by the origin side)
Fee$30 (per-hour) — ISDA Special Services — Billing Report (effective Jan. 1, 2025): 'Apiary Inspection ($30 per hour, minimum 1 hour, mileage …, and per diem)'. Idaho Code § 22-2503 directs the director to establish by rule a schedule of fees for inspection work, to be paid by the person requesting the inspection.
Validity windowNot published / not yet checked
Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checked
Lead timeNot published / not yet checked
What the certificate must stateThe director shall conduct such apiary inspections as may be required by Idaho beekeepers to transport bees to other jurisdictions (Idaho Code § 22-2503). ISDA's rules define the regulated bee diseases the inspection program addresses: American foulbrood, European foulbrood, sac brood, bee paralysis, Varroa mite, tracheal mite, or any other disease or abnormal condition of egg, larval, pupal, or adult honey bees (IDAPA 02.06.02 § 310).
Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checked
Who applies / who signsAn Idaho beekeeper who requires an inspection in order to transport bees to another jurisdiction; the inspection fee is paid by the person requesting the inspection (Idaho Code § 22-2503). ISDA publishes inspection scheduling contacts — Treasure Valley 208-332-8650, Magic Valley 208-736-2195 (ISDA Apiary Program page).
Ant-free or equivalent certification (california-pre-shipment · issued by the origin side)
FeeNot published / not yet checked
Validity windowThe origin inspection must be no more than 30 days before shipment to California for colonies stored outdoors, and no more than 60 days before shipment for colonies in indoor storage; colonies destined for a California county that does not accept small hive beetle require an ISDA hive inspection no more than 60 days before shipment (ISDA–CDFA Apiary Pre-Shipment Inspection Protocols, November 2024).
Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checked
Lead timePre-shipment inspections under the ISDA–CDFA program are scheduled for early December; participants notify ISDA of their inspection sites and approximate colony counts under the program's Participant/Shipper Compliance Agreement (ISDA Idaho–California Apiary Pre-Shipment Program page, compliance agreement and inspection protocols dated November 2024).
What the certificate must stateColonies and equipment that pass the program's compliance protocol are certified for expedited entry into California, bypassing border-check-station inspections. A photocopy of the certificate (form APIP-001, parts 1–3: certifying official, shipper, carrier) accompanies each shipment, and a Shipment Tracking Log (form APIP-002) is sent to ISDA within 7 days after the last shipment (ISDA Apiary Pre-Shipment Program page and embedded protocols, November 2024).
Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checked
Who applies / who signsIdaho beekeepers shipping bees to California for pollination, participating through ISDA in the joint ISDA–CDFA pre-shipment inspection program (ISDA Apiary Pre-Shipment Program page).
Moving bees — the rules around the instruments
Passing throughIdaho Code § 22-2507: the chapter shall not be construed to prevent the transportation across the Idaho state line of bees in hives, or bee supplies and equipment, between bee yards owned by, or under the control of, a beekeeper registered under § 22-2510. Bee colonies in transit through Idaho shall be netted while within the borders of Idaho, and no such bees shall be offloaded in Idaho without full compliance with the laws.
Border and destination inspectionNot published / not yet checked
County layerNot published / not yet checked
Recognition of other states' certificatesNot published / not yet checked
Consequences, as publishedA violation of Idaho Code Title 22, chapter 25 is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 3 nor more than 12 months, or both. The department may instead assess a civil penalty of not more than $100 for each offense, plus reasonable attorney's fees, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing. Bees, colonies, equipment, or hives imported into Idaho by a nonresident in violation of the chapter are subject to seizure; if not claimed and brought into compliance within 90 days of seizure, they may be sold at public auction by sealed bid (Idaho Code § 22-2512).
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