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74F Action taken to strengthen a weak hive
Reg. 74F(1) amended by S.R. No. 5/2024 reg. 45.
(1) A beekeeper must take action to strengthen a weak hive kept by the beekeeper.
(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), a beekeeper may take action to strengthen a weak hive by—
(a) reducing the entrance size of the hive; or
(b) reducing the size of the hive; or
(c) providing additional food for the bees; or
(d) requeening the hive; or
(e) supplementing the number of bees in the hive by adding healthy bees from another hive; or
(f) uniting weak hives.
Reg. 74G inserted by S.R. No. 42/2019 reg. 7, amended by S.R. No. 5/2024 reg. 46.