New Mexico (NM)
On the runs: Northern Plains to Texas holding to California · Southeast to Gulf to California
Record held: 37 fields — 24 published, 13 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
StateNew Mexico
RegulatorNew Mexico Department of Agriculture — Entomology & Nursery Industries Section
Regulator typeDepartment of agriculture division (dept-of-agriculture-division)
Regulator contactNew Mexico Department of Agriculture, Entomology & Nursery Industries Section • (575) 646-3207 (NMDA Apiaries page: 'For information about the involving apiaries please call our office at (575) 646-3207'; the section is responsible for commercial honey bee colony registration and other apiary regulatory activities throughout the state)
Instruments
Health / inspection certificate (import-certificate-of-inspection · issued by the origin side)
FeeNot published / not yet checked
Validity window30 days: 'The certificate of inspection for a colony of bees shall be based on an inspection by an authorized apiary inspector of the state of origin within thirty (30) days prior to date of movement into the state' (21.27.2.10(C) NMAC).
Notice deadlineCertificate filed with the department ten (10) days prior to movement into the state (21.27.2.10(B) NMAC); and the department shall be notified within ten (10) days after arrival of the bees in the state (21.27.2.10(E) NMAC). The Bee Act (§ 76-9-11(A)) also requires the receiver to file a statement of the proposed location and a notice that the bees have arrived, in accordance with the board's regulations.
Lead timeTwo pre-move duties are published for commercial beekeepers: obtain a registration for any planned apiary prior to importing or locating bees in the state (21.27.2.10(A) NMAC), and file the certificate of inspection with the department ten (10) days prior to the movement of bees or used equipment into the state (21.27.2.10(B) NMAC).
What the certificate must state'No colonies or equipment shall be moved into the state, unless accompanied by a certificate of inspection signed by an authorized apiary inspector of the state from which the bees originated. The certificate of inspection shall state that the colonies are apparently free of contagious disease, and shall meet other requirements as designated by the board' (Bee Act § 76-9-11(A)).
Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checked
Who applies / who signsThe certificate is signed by an authorized apiary inspector of the state of origin; the commercial beekeeper files it with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture before movement and notifies the department after arrival (21.27.2.10 NMAC; Bee Act § 76-9-11(A)). The beekeeper pays the actual cost of the department's initial post-arrival inspection and of subsequent inspections required because of contagious disease (§ 76-9-11(A)) — an actual-cost duty, not a published fee amount, so the fee fact is Unknown.
Registration (commercial-apiary-registration · issued by the destination side)
Fee$3 (per-apiary-per-year) — The annual registration fee of each commercial apiary shall be three dollars ($3.00), provided that no commercial beekeeper shall pay more than two-hundred dollars ($200) in apiary registration fees (21.27.2.9(B) NMAC). The Bee Act § 76-9-10 caps the board-set registration fee at not more than five dollars ($5.00) for each commercial apiary and $200 in any one year.
Validity windowAnnual. An apiary not re-registered within thirty (30) days of the expiration of its previous registration is available for registration by another commercial beekeeper (21.27.2.9(B) NMAC).
Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checked
Lead timeEach commercial apiary shall be registered annually on or before November 1 for each established apiary, or prior to the establishment of a commercial apiary not registered at the time of the last annual registration (21.27.2.9(A) NMAC); for imports, registration for the planned apiary must be obtained prior to importing or locating bees in the state (21.27.2.10(A) NMAC).
What the certificate must stateEach commercial beekeeper shall register the location of each commercial apiary under his control with the department and give an accurate description of the location of each commercial apiary (Bee Act § 76-9-10). 'Commercial apiary' means any location north of Interstate Highway 40 where fifteen (15) or more bee colonies are located, or south of Interstate Highway 40 where twenty-five (25) or more bee colonies are located (21.27.2.7 NMAC).
Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checked
Who applies / who signsEach commercial beekeeper registers each commercial apiary location with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture (Bee Act § 76-9-10; 21.27.2.9 NMAC). Registration is forfeited if the beekeeper does not place at least the required number of colonies at the location for a minimum of fifteen (15) days during any one of two consecutive registration periods (21.27.2.9(D) NMAC).
Health / inspection certificate (annual-inspection-certificate · issued by the destination side)
FeeNot published / not yet checked
Validity windowAnnual: 'Each beekeeper that manages bees shall apply to the department for an annual inspection certificate' (Bee Act § 76-9-6). No honey shall be offered for sale unless the beekeeper holds an inspection certificate in force.
Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checked
Lead timeNot published / not yet checked
What the certificate must stateThe certificate is issued by the department upon completion of the apiary inspection and 'shall state the colonies and apiaries that are apparently free of contagious disease and the colonies and apiaries that are infected with contagious disease' (Bee Act § 76-9-6).
Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checked
Who applies / who signsEach beekeeper that manages bees applies to the New Mexico Department of Agriculture for the annual inspection certificate (Bee Act § 76-9-6). This is an in-state annual certificate, distinct from the origin-state import certificate.
Entry permit (pollination-permit · issued by the destination side)
FeeNot published / not yet checked
Validity windowOnly for the period of time the bees are effectively pollinating the designated crop (Bee Act § 76-9-9(C)).
Notice deadlineNot published / not yet checked
Lead timeThe permit is filed with the department not more than twenty-four (24) hours after placing the colonies for pollination (21.27.2.11(B) NMAC). NOTE: despite the instrument kind used here (the schema's only permit kind), this is an in-state pollination-placement permit, not an entry permit — entry into New Mexico is governed by the import certificate and registration above.
What the certificate must stateNot published / not yet checked
Origin history requiredNot published / not yet checked
Who applies / who signsA commercial beekeeper placing colonies for pollination within one and one-half (1 1/2) miles of another beekeeper's registered apiary must obtain a pollination permit, on a form supplied by the department (21.27.2.11 NMAC). Under Bee Act § 76-9-9, no apiary may be moved or established closer than one and one-half miles from an existing registered commercial apiary (unless the apiary owner also owns the location), and a beekeeper using colonies for pollination within the board-specified distance applies to the department for a special pollination permit, granted only if the colonies are apparently free of contagious disease. Colonies placed without a pollination permit are a violation subject to the penalties in § 76-9-13 (21.27.2.11(C) NMAC).
Moving bees — the rules around the instruments
Passing throughNo pass-through / through-transit rule is published in the Bee Act or 21.27.2 NMAC as fetched. The one published exemption from the importation section is for packaged bees or queen bees moved into the state in mailing cages free of honey: 'This section shall not apply to the movement into the state of packaged bees or queen bees if moved into the state in mailing cages free of honey' (Bee Act § 76-9-11(B)).
Border and destination inspectionNo border-station inspection is published. The published inspection is at destination, after arrival: 'The department shall, as soon as practicable after arrival, inspect the colonies for contagious disease. The beekeeper shall pay the actual cost of the initial inspection and all subsequent inspections required because of the presence of any contagious disease' (Bee Act § 76-9-11(A)). The person receiving colonies or equipment must file with the department a statement of the proposed location where the colonies will be managed and a notice that the bees have arrived (§ 76-9-11(A)); under 21.27.2.10(E) NMAC the department shall be notified within ten (10) days after arrival.
County layerNot published / not yet checked
Recognition of other states' certificatesNo reciprocity rule is published. The published treatment of origins that do not regulate bees is the opposite of recognition: 'Bees or used equipment imported from states which do not regulate bees shall be inspected by the department, at the expense of the commercial beekeeper, prior to a commercial apiary registration being granted' (21.27.2.10(D) NMAC).
Consequences, as publishedAs published: 'Any person who violates any provision of the Bee Act or any regulation adopted by the board pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day a person remains in violation shall constitute a separate offense' (Bee Act § 76-9-13(A)). For importation specifically, the department 'may prohibit their entrance into the state and may seize, stop movement, destroy or otherwise dispose of the bees, as the department deems appropriate' (§ 76-9-11(C)), and under 21.27.2.10(F) NMAC a violation of the importation rule 'may result in the forfeiture of the registered apiary location or denial of an apiary registration by the department.'
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