19 CFR 12.32
§ 12.32 Honeybees and honeybee semen.
United States · 19 CFR — Customs Duties · Status: effective
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- 19 CFR 12.32, § 12.32 Honeybees and honeybee semen, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/73509
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(a) Honeybees from any country may be imported into the U.S. by the Department of Agriculture for experimental or scientific purposes. All other importations of honeybees are prohibited except those from a country which the Secretary of Agriculture has determined to be free of diseases dangerous to honeybees.
(b) Honeybee semen may be imported into the U.S. only from countries determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be free of undesirable honeybees, and which take adequate precautions to prevent the importation of undersirable honeybees and their semen.
(c) The importation of honeybees and honeybee semen is governed by joint regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury published in Treasury Decisions and the Federal Register from time to time.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.