State Ex Rel. Jones v. Prettyman

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

Ray and Laverne Prettyman appealed from a district court order requiring them to remove any and all bees owned, leased, or managed by them in North Dakota, from the State by July 1, 1985, and allowing the North Dakota Department of Agriculture to confiscate and eradicate those bees if they were not removed by that date. We affirm.

The Prettymans are migratory beekeepers who transport their bees from North Dakota to Florida for the winter season and bring them back to North Dakota for the summer season. On September 21, 1984, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture…