(a) Except as provided in this section, a person may not keep a colony or possess bee equipment that is infected with an infectious bee disease. (b) Each beekeeper with an infected colony shall notify the Department. (c) A beekeeper may not sell, barter, or give to any person any infected colony, bee equipment, or appliance unless it is treated in a manner that the Department approves. (d) (1) The Department may do any of the following: (i) After sending to the beekeeper a written notice of quarantine, quarantine any apiary containing an infected colony or bee equipment; (ii) Order treatment of an infected colony or bee equipment; and (iii) Order destruction of an infected colony or bee equipment. (2) A quarantine shall remain in effect until the Department issues a written release of the quarantine. (3) The Department shall instruct the beekeeper on any treatment or destruction that is ordered under this section.
Maryland Legal Code