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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-14-46. Importation of honeybees or secondhand equipment prohibited without special permit.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-14-46. Importation of honeybees or secondhand equipment prohibited without special permit.

The shipment or movement into this state of any honeybees on comb, honeybees in hives, secondhand beehives, honeycomb, frames, used bee shipping cages, secondhand honey containers, or other used beekeeping fixtures is prohibited, except under special permit issued by the Commissioner under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him in accordance with Code Section 2-14-41.

## History

Ga. L. 1920, p. 160, § 4; Code 1933, § 5-906; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1158, § 3.