[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR322.2]

[Page 372-373]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 322--HONEYBEES AND HONEYBEE SEMEN--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 322.2  Definitions.

    Terms used in the singular form in this part shall be construed as 
the plural, and vice versa, as the case may demand. The following terms, 
when used in this part, shall be construed respectively, to mean:
    Deputy Administrator. The Deputy Administrator of the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service for Plant Protection and Quarantine, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, or any other officer or employee of the 
Department to whom authority to act in his or her stead has been or may 
hereafter be delegated.
    Diseases harmful to honeybees. Honeybee diseases, including but not 
limited to diseases caused by Aspergillus spp., Bacillus spp., 
Ascosphaera spp., Kashmir virus, and Saccharomyces spp.
    Honeybee. Any live honeybee of the genus Apis in any life stage and 
the germplasm of honeybees of the genus Apis, except honeybee semen.

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    Import (importation, imported). To import or move into the United 
States.
    Inspector. Any employee of Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, or 
other person authorized by the Deputy Administrator in accordance with 
the law to enforce the provisions of this part.
    Parasites harmful to honeybees. Honeybee parasites, including but 
not limited to Varroa jacobsoni, Euvarrao sinhai, Tropilaelaps clareae, 
and Acarapis woodi.
    Person. Any individual, corporation, company, society, association, 
or any other organized group.
    Plant Protection and Quarantine. The organizational unit within the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, delegated responsibility for enforcing provisions of the 
Honeybee Act, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder.
    Restricted article. Any honeybee semen from countries listed in 
Sec. 322.1(c).
    Undesirable species of subspecies of honeybees. Apis mellifera 
adansonii, commonly known as the African honeybee, and its hybrids; and 
Apis mellifera capensis, commonly known as the Cape honeybee.
    United States. The States, District of Columbia, American Samoa, 
Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of 
the United States.