AGRICULTURAL LAWS OF 1913. 689 



more llian filly doUais niid costs of i»i-os('ciilioii : l'ro\ idcd, TIkiI bees 

 may be slujjjied witboul lioncy or Iced coiilaiiiin^ boiiey, also ])i-ovided 

 lliat lioiiey may be sold in tijilil coiilaiiiers for commercial purposes, other 

 lliaii with bees or as food for bees. 



Sec. 5. For the eiifoicomeut of 1he ]irovisions of this act, the State 

 inspector of apiaries shall have access, inj^rcss and e*»ress to and from 

 all ajnaries or places where bees, combs, or apiary appliances are kept; 

 and any person or i)ersons who shall resist, impede or hinder in any 

 way, the insi)ector of ai)iaries in the discliarjie of his duties under 

 the provisions of this act. shall on conviction thereof be i>unished by a 

 fine not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars and costs of 

 prosecution, or be imprisoned in Ihe county jail not less than ten days 

 nor more than thirty days, or both at the discretion of the judge. 



Sec. (). After inspectino- infected bees or fixtures, or handling dis- 

 eased bees, the inspector shall, before leaving the premises, or pro- 

 ceeding to any other a])iary, take such measures as shall ])revent the 

 spread of the disease by infected material adhering to his person or 

 clothing or to any tools or appliances used by him, which have come 

 in contact with infected materials. 



Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of any ])erson in the State of Michigan, 

 engaged in the rearing of queen bees for sale, to use honey in the making 

 of candy for use in mailing-cages, which has been boiled for at least 

 thirty minutes, unless candy which contains no honey at all is used. Any 

 such person engaged in the rearing of queen bees shall have his or her 

 queen rearing and queen mating apiary or apiaries inspected at least 

 twice during each summer season by the inspector of apiaries, and on 

 the discovery of the existence of any disease which is infections or con- 

 tagious in its nature and injurious to bees in their egg, larval, pupal, or 

 adult stages, said person shall at once cease to ship queen bees from 

 such diseased apiary until the inspector of apiaries shall declare the 

 said ajjiary free from disease. On complaint of the inspector of apiaries 

 or of any five bee-keepers in the State, that said bee-keeper, engaged in 

 the rearing of queens, is violating the provisions of this section, he shall 

 upon conviction, be pnnished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars 

 nor more than fifty dollars. 



Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of any ))erson in the State of Michigan 

 i^ngaged in bee-keeping to securely and tightly close the entrance of 

 any hive or hives in apiaries not free from disease in which the bees 

 shall have died either during the winter or at any other time, and to 

 make the hive or hives tight in such manner that robber bees shall not 

 find it possible to gain ingress or egress to and from snch hives or to 

 obtain honey from such hives. The sealing of the hives must be main- 

 tained so long as the hives remain in the yard or in any place AA'here 

 honey bees can gain access to them, and failure to comply Avith this pro- 

 vision shall constitute a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, he 

 or she shall be pnnished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more 

 than twenty-five dollars for each oft'ense. 



Sec. 0. It shall be the duty of any one keeping bees in the State of 

 Michigan, to deeply bury all combs and frames taken from diseased 

 colonies, in places where they shall remain undisturbed, unless they be 

 placed in tight receptacles so constructed that it shall be impossible 

 for bees to gain access to combs, or for honey or any other liquid to 

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