<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 38-18-9 - Sealing of diseased hives required--Violation as misdemeanor--Additional penalty. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062366Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2062366SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062366CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062366Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2062366DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062366000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062366SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062366SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2062366Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-18-9"><span class="s2062366SENU">38-18-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062366SENU">. </span><span class="s2062366CL">Sealing of diseased hives required--Violation as misdemeanor--Additional penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062366Normal-000000"><span class="s2062366DefaultParagraphFont">Any hive which is infested with pests and in which the bees have died, shall be made tight so that robber bees cannot enter or leave the hive. The sealing of the hive shall be maintained as long as the hive remains infested with pests or remains in the apiary or in any place where robber bees can gain access to it. Any violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition to the criminal penalty imposed by this section, a person is subject to a further penalty not in excess of five hundred dollars for each day he remains in violation of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062366Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062366000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062366Normal"><span class="s2062366SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062366SCL-000002"> SL 1947, ch 6, § 8; SDC Supp 1960, § 4.1108; SL 1976, ch 243, § 6; SL 1986, ch 330, § 11.</span></p></div></body></html>