Section 175-B. Rules and regulations

The  commissioner  is  hereby
  authorized, after public hearing, to adopt, promulgate  and  issue  such
  rules  and  regulations  as  he may deem necessary to carry out and give
  full force and effect to the provisions of this article, including,  but
  not  limited  to,  the  designation  of  species  or  subspecies of bees
  determined by him to cause  injury,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  this
  state's  useful  bee population, crops, or other plants.  Such rules and
  regulations shall be  filed  and  open  for  public  inspection  at  the
  principal  office  of the department and shall have the force and effect
  of law.