SB 5468 - DIGEST

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     Directs the commissioner of public lands to confer with the apiary advisory committee established under RCW 15.60.010, for the purpose of implementing the policy of this act and exploring the benefits to resources that could result from locating additional pollinating bees on lands managed by the department of natural resources.

     Directs the department of fish and wildlife to confer with the apiary advisory committee established under RCW 15.60.010, for the purpose of implementing the policy of this act and exploring the benefits to resources that could result from locating additional pollinating bees on lands managed by the department of fish and wildlife.

     Authorizes the director to establish, by rule, a model honey bee management system for the keeping of bees.