Any person engaged in beekeeping shall provide movable frames in all hives in their apiary, and cause the bees to construct brood combs in the frames so that any of the frames may be removed from the hive without causing injury to other combs in the hive. Any violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 38-18-8
Movable frames required in hives--Violation as misdemeanor
Source: SL 1927, ch 62, § 1; SL 1931, ch 93; SDC 1939, § 4.1102; SL 1947, ch 6, § 8; SDC Supp 1960, § 4.1108; SL 1986, ch 330, § 10.
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