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Section 30-1 Definitions Accredited institution means an educational institution holding accredited status which has been licensed or registered by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education at the time the registrant obtained their certificate. Apiary means the assembly of one or more colonies of bees on a single lot. Apiary site means the lot upon which an apiary is located. Beekeeper means person who owns or has charge of one or more colonies of honeybees or a person who owns or controls a lot on which a colony is located whether or not the person is intentionally keeping honeybees. Beekeeping equipment means anything used in the operation of an apiary, such as hive bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom boards and extractors. Colony means an aggregate of honey bees consisting principally of workers, but having, when perfect, one queen and at times drones, brood, combs and honey. Flyway barrier means a barrier that raises the flight path of bees as they come and go from a hive. Hive means the receptacle inhabited by a colony. Honey bee means all life stages of the common domestic honey bee, apis mellifera. This definition does not include wasps, hornets, African subspecies or Africa nized hybrids. Nucleus colony means a small quantity of honey bees with a queen housed in a smaller than usual hive box designed for a particular purpose, and containing no supers. Registrant means any registered beekeeper and any person who has applied for approval of a beekeeping registration. Rooftop means the uppermost section of a primary or accessory structure of at least one full story and at least twelve feet in height. Areas including but not limited to decks, patios and balconies shall not be considered a rooftop. Super means a box that holds the frames where bees will store the honey. Swarming means the process where a queen bee leaves a colony with a large group of worker bees in order to form a new honey bee colony.