﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkicultuee. 
  909 
  

  

  " 
  Section 
  2. 
  The 
  inspector 
  shall, 
  when 
  notified, 
  examine 
  all 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  apiaries, 
  and 
  all 
  others 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  not 
  reported, 
  

   and 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  the 
  disease 
  known 
  as 
  foul 
  brood 
  

   exists 
  in 
  such 
  apiaries, 
  and 
  if 
  satisfied 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  foul 
  

   brood, 
  he 
  shall 
  give 
  the 
  owners 
  or 
  caretakers 
  of 
  the 
  diseased 
  

   apiaries 
  full 
  instruction 
  how 
  to 
  treat 
  said 
  cases, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  in- 
  

   spector's 
  judgment 
  seems 
  best." 
  

  

  " 
  Section 
  3. 
  The 
  inspector, 
  who 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  sole 
  judge, 
  shall 
  

   "\dsit 
  all 
  diseased 
  apiaries 
  a 
  second 
  time, 
  and, 
  if 
  need 
  be, 
  bum 
  all 
  

   colonies 
  of 
  bees 
  and 
  combs 
  that 
  he 
  may 
  find 
  not 
  cured 
  of 
  foul 
  

   brood." 
  

  

  " 
  Section 
  4. 
  If 
  the 
  o^^^ler 
  of 
  a 
  diseased 
  apiary, 
  honey, 
  or 
  appli- 
  

   ances, 
  shall 
  sell, 
  barter, 
  or 
  give 
  away, 
  any 
  bees, 
  honey, 
  or 
  appli- 
  

   ances, 
  or 
  expose 
  other 
  bees 
  to 
  the 
  danger, 
  of 
  said 
  disease, 
  or 
  

   refuse 
  to 
  allow 
  said 
  inspector 
  to 
  inspect 
  such 
  apiary, 
  honey, 
  or 
  

   appliances, 
  said 
  owner 
  shall, 
  on 
  conviction 
  before 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  

   the 
  peace, 
  be 
  liable 
  to 
  a 
  fine." 
  

  

  " 
  Section 
  5. 
  The 
  inspector 
  of 
  apiaries 
  shall 
  make 
  an 
  annual 
  re- 
  

   port 
  to 
  the 
  Governor 
  of 
  Wisconsin, 
  giving 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  apiaries 
  

   visited, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  diseased 
  apiaries 
  found, 
  the 
  nmnber 
  of 
  

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

   and 
  his 
  expenses." 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  150.) 
  

  

  The 
  selling 
  or 
  offering 
  for 
  sale 
  of 
  any 
  imitation 
  of 
  honey 
  which 
  

   is 
  adulterated 
  with 
  glucose 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  substance, 
  without 
  mark- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  package 
  or 
  parcel 
  containing 
  the 
  same 
  with 
  the 
  words 
  

   " 
  adulterated 
  honey," 
  and 
  placing 
  said 
  words 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  package 
  or 
  parcel, 
  is 
  punishable 
  by 
  fine 
  or 
  im- 
  

   prisonment. 
  (Laws 
  1881, 
  part 
  of 
  chap. 
  40.) 
  

  

  CANADA. 
  

  

  Bees 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  freedom 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  person 
  

   discovering 
  them, 
  whether 
  he 
  is 
  or 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  proprietor 
  of 
  the 
  

   land 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  established 
  themselves. 
  

  

  