CA AB719

Increases Apiary Board from 5 to 7 members, with 6 required to be registered beekeepers representing queen breeding, pollination, or honey production, and authorizes a 7th public member.

Defines "broker" as a person or entity receiving monetary profit from managing beehives or honey bees they do not own, and applies certain registration and abatement requirements to brokers.

Requires inspectors to give notice of apiary inspections where feasible, allow beekeeper presence during internal hive inspections, and use sanitation protocols developed with beekeeping industry input.

Revises definition of "pest" to require regulations be made in consultation with beekeeping industry associations and the Apiary Board, and changes colony strength certification methods from square inches of brood to active frames of bees using cluster count, frame count, or other approved methods.

Authorizes electronic submission of pesticide notification requests and allows hazardous waste facilities to perform colony abatement operations, while expanding administrative civil penalties to violations involving nonconforming honey and mislabeling.