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acid, wliich would bo about four teaspoonfuls to a j,'alloii of water. Or a solution of 

 corrosive sublimate, using one-eighth ounce of the drug to one gallon of water. 

 Right here it should be remembered that corrosive sublimate is a deadly poison, and 

 one that must be handled with great caution. A very small amount spilled on the 

 honey or comb intended for use will convert it into a violent ])oison. The disease may 

 be transmitted to a healthy stock simply by the operator handling the frames of the 

 healthy one after he has been examining a diseased colony. ]t is impossible to be too 

 careful. For the man who does not wish to take the above precautions, the best 

 method of procedure for him to rid his apiary of the disease is to burn all infected 

 colonies and apparatus. 



The following is the ^lichigan statute, which was passed at the 1901 session of the 

 legislature. It provides for an inspector for the suppression of the disease in 

 Michigan. 



We are indebted for much of the subject matter of this bulletin to X. E. France, 

 Inspector of Apiaries of Wisconsin, William McEvoy, Inspector of Apiaries of 

 Canada, and to Prof. F. C. Harrison, of Guelph. 



The People of the State of Michigan enact : 



Section 1. The Dairy and Food Commissioner upon receipt of a certified copy of the 

 record of the Michigan State Bee-keepers' Association, by the secretary of said associ- 

 ation, showing that a majority of the members of said association recommended the 

 appointment of an inspector of apiaries, shall appoint a State Inspector of Apiaries. 

 Said inspector shall be responsible to the Dairy and Food Commissioner and shall 

 comply with such rules and regulations as the Dairy and Food Commissioner shall 

 from time to time prescribe for the carrying out of the work of said State inspector. 



Sec. 2. The Dairy and Food Commissioner shall, when notified in writing by the 

 owner of an apiary or by three disinterested taxpayers in the vicinity of the apiary, 

 cause the inspector to examine such apiaries as are reported and all others in the 

 same locality not reported, and ascertain whether or not the disease known as foul 

 brood or other contagious disease exists in such apiaries, and if satisfied of the exist- 

 ence of foul brood, he shall give the owner or care-taker of the diseased apiaries full 

 instructions how to treat said case as in the inspector's judgment seems best. 



Sec. 3. The inspector who shall be the sole judge may visit all diseased apiaries 

 a second time and if need be burn all colonies of bees and combs that may be found 

 not cured of foul brood or other contagious diseases. 



Sec. 4. If the owner of a diseased apiary, honey or appliances shall knowingly or 

 wilfully sell, barter, or give away any bees, honey or appliances, or expose other bees to 

 the danger of said disease or refuse to allow said inspector to inspect such apiary, honey 

 or appliances, said owners shall on conviction before a justice of the peace, be liable to a 

 fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or not less 

 than one month's imprisonment in the county jail, nor more than two months' impris- 

 onment. 



Sec. 5. In addition to sucli individual reports as are required under this act by 

 the Inspector of Apiaries, he shall make an annual report to the Dairy and Food Com- 

 missioner, giving the number of the apiaries visited, the number of diseased apiaries 

 found, the number of colonies treated, also the number of colonies destroyed by fire, and 

 an itemized account of his transportation expenses with affidavit annexed thereto. 



Sec. 6. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State treasury not 

 otherwise appropriated a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars per year for the sup- 

 pression of foul brood among -bees in Michigan. The inspector shall receive three 

 dollars per day and actual transportation expenses for actual time served, which 

 sum shall not exceed the money hereby appropriated, to be paid by the State Treas- 

 urer upon warrants drawn by the Auditor General and approved by the Dairy and 

 Food Commissioner. 



Sec. 7. Act number one hundred forty-one of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred 

 eighty-one, being sections fifty-six hundred sixty-three, fifty-six hundred sixty-four, 

 fifty-six hundred sixty-five, fifty-six hundred sixty-six, fifty-six hundred sixty-seven, 

 fifty-six hundred sixty-eight, fifty-six hundred sixty-nine and fifty-six hundred 

 seventy of the Compiled Laws of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, is hereby repealed. 



This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 



J. M. RANKIX. Apiarist. 

 C. D. SMITH, Director. 



Agricultural College, Mich., June 4, 1901. 



