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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  of 
  each 
  county 
  shall 
  assess 
  each 
  colony 
  of 
  bees 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  man- 
  

   ner 
  as 
  other 
  assessments 
  are 
  made. 
  

  

  All 
  hives 
  of 
  bees 
  shall 
  be 
  inspected 
  at 
  least 
  once 
  each 
  year. 
  

   The 
  inspector 
  shall 
  have 
  authority 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  and 
  control 
  of 
  

   diseased 
  bees 
  and 
  appurtenances 
  for 
  treatment, 
  or 
  to 
  destroy 
  such 
  

   bees, 
  broods 
  or 
  hives, 
  and 
  their 
  contents, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  infected. 
  

   (Laws 
  1892, 
  p. 
  52.) 
  

  

  VERMONT. 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  a 
  person 
  sprays 
  or 
  causes 
  to 
  be 
  sprayed, 
  or 
  puts 
  or 
  causes 
  

   to 
  be 
  put, 
  any 
  paris 
  green, 
  London 
  purple, 
  or 
  other 
  poisonous 
  

   substance 
  upon 
  fruit 
  trees 
  while 
  in 
  blossom, 
  he 
  shall 
  be 
  fined," 
  

   etc., 
  etc. 
  (Laws 
  1896, 
  'No. 
  169.) 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  law 
  was 
  repealed 
  by 
  section 
  1, 
  and 
  section 
  2 
  is 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  K'o 
  spraying 
  solution 
  containing 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   unslaked 
  lime 
  to 
  fifty 
  gallons 
  of 
  the 
  solution, 
  shall 
  be 
  used 
  on 
  

   fruit 
  trees 
  when 
  in 
  blossom." 
  (Laws 
  1898, 
  IsTo. 
  155.) 
  

  

  The 
  adulteration 
  of 
  honey 
  is 
  forbidden. 
  (Laws 
  1890, 
  Xo. 
  52.) 
  

  

  WASHIXGTOK. 
  

   It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  willfully 
  or 
  maliciously 
  

   place 
  any 
  poisonous 
  or 
  sweetened 
  substance 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   injuring 
  honey 
  bees, 
  in 
  any 
  place 
  wliere 
  such 
  poisoned 
  or 
  sweet- 
  

   ened 
  substance 
  is 
  accessible 
  to 
  honey 
  bees. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  jchap. 
  

   12.) 
  

  

  wiscoxsm. 
  

  

  " 
  Section 
  1. 
  Upon 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  a 
  majority 
  vote 
  of 
  the 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  bee-keepers' 
  societies 
  of 
  Wisconsin, 
  the 
  Governor 
  

   shall 
  appoint, 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  two 
  years, 
  a 
  State 
  inspector 
  of 
  

   apiaries, 
  who 
  shall, 
  if 
  required, 
  produce 
  a 
  certificate 
  from 
  the 
  

   Governor 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  appointed," 
  

  

  