﻿994 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Heport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  spector 
  are 
  not 
  diseased, 
  a 
  committee 
  of 
  investigation, 
  composed 
  

   of 
  honey 
  producers, 
  shall 
  be 
  constituted 
  as 
  follows, 
  viz: 
  one 
  to 
  

   be 
  chosen 
  by 
  the 
  o^v^ler, 
  one 
  by 
  the 
  inspector 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  by 
  these 
  

   two. 
  They 
  shall 
  examine 
  the 
  disputed 
  cases, 
  hear 
  the 
  inspector 
  

   and 
  owner, 
  and 
  shall 
  then 
  decide 
  whether 
  the 
  said 
  colony 
  oi* 
  

   colonies 
  are 
  diseased 
  or 
  not, 
  and 
  their 
  decision 
  shall 
  be 
  final." 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  " 
  The 
  Inspector 
  shall 
  make 
  an 
  annual 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Supervisors 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  January 
  of 
  each 
  year, 
  

   giving 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  location 
  of 
  apiaries 
  inspected, 
  and 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  diseased 
  colonies 
  found 
  and 
  destroyed." 
  (Laws 
  

   1899, 
  No. 
  26.) 
  

  

  CALIFOEOTA. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  " 
  An 
  Act 
  to 
  authorize 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Supervisors 
  of 
  the 
  

   several 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  to 
  appoint 
  Inspectors 
  of 
  Apiaries, 
  and 
  

   provide 
  for 
  their 
  compensation, 
  and 
  defining 
  their 
  duties 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  further 
  protection 
  of 
  bee 
  culture." 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  Inspector, 
  upon 
  complaint 
  being 
  

   made 
  to 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  efi^ect 
  that, 
  in 
  complainant's 
  opinion, 
  the 
  

   disease 
  known 
  as 
  ' 
  foul 
  brood 
  ' 
  exists 
  in 
  any 
  apiary 
  in 
  that 
  county, 
  

   to 
  inspect 
  such 
  apiary 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  practicable, 
  and 
  direct 
  the 
  person 
  

   in 
  charge 
  thereof 
  to 
  destroy 
  all 
  hives 
  ascertained 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  affected, 
  

   together 
  with 
  the 
  combs 
  and 
  bees 
  therein, 
  by 
  burning 
  or 
  burying 
  

   the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  the 
  following 
  night." 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  person 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  an 
  apiary, 
  by 
  his 
  own 
  

   inspection 
  or 
  through 
  any 
  other 
  source, 
  discovers 
  foul 
  brood 
  in 
  

   any 
  hive 
  in 
  said 
  apiary, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  his 
  duty 
  to 
  destroy 
  such 
  hive 
  

   and 
  contents 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  provided 
  as 
  aforesaid." 
  

  

  1^0 
  person 
  shall 
  sell, 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale, 
  or 
  dispose 
  of, 
  adulterated 
  

   honey. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  15.) 
  

  

  COLORADO. 
  

  

  Prevision 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  county 
  inspection 
  of 
  apiaries, 
  treatment 
  

   or 
  destruction 
  of 
  appliances, 
  where 
  '^ 
  foul 
  brood 
  " 
  is 
  found 
  tf 
  

  

  