Except they don't. "Fish" in this context is a term of art, clearly defined in the legislation. If the people who wrote this legislation actually believed bees

Except they don't. "Fish" in this context is a term of art, clearly defined in the legislation. If the people who wrote this legislation actually believed bees were fish, then they would not have gone out of their way to provide such a clear and specific definition of the term for the purposes of this legal document. To the lay person, legalese often sounds silly, but it is not without purpose or direction.