﻿1000 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Bees 
  kept 
  in 
  hives 
  shall 
  be 
  private 
  property. 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  swarm 
  of 
  bees 
  leaves 
  a 
  hive, 
  the 
  owner 
  may 
  reclaim 
  

   them, 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  he 
  can 
  prove 
  his 
  right 
  of 
  property 
  therein, 
  and 
  

   may 
  take 
  possession 
  of 
  them 
  at 
  any 
  place 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  swarm 
  

   settles, 
  even 
  if 
  snch 
  place 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  another 
  person, 
  but 
  

   the 
  owner 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  proprietor 
  of 
  snch 
  land 
  beforehand 
  

   and 
  compensate 
  him 
  for 
  damages. 
  If 
  a 
  swarm 
  settles 
  in 
  a 
  hive 
  

   w^hich 
  is 
  already 
  occupied, 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  such 
  swarm 
  shall 
  lose 
  

   all 
  right 
  of 
  property 
  therein. 
  

  

  Any 
  unpossessed 
  swarm 
  which 
  lodges 
  on 
  any 
  property, 
  without 
  

   settling 
  thereon, 
  may 
  be 
  recovered 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  owner 
  unless 
  the 
  

   proprietor 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  objects. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  a 
  swarm 
  declines 
  to 
  follow 
  it 
  and 
  another 
  per- 
  

   son 
  imdertakes 
  the 
  pursuit, 
  such 
  other 
  person 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  rights 
  

   of 
  'the 
  owner, 
  and 
  every 
  swarm 
  wdiicli 
  is 
  not 
  followed 
  shall 
  be- 
  

   come 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  proprietor 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  

   settles. 
  (R. 
  S. 
  O. 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  117.) 
  

  

  The 
  Ontario 
  Bee-keepers' 
  Association 
  shall 
  appoint 
  an 
  inspector 
  

   of 
  apiaries 
  and 
  a 
  sub-inspector. 
  The 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  association 
  

   may 
  direct 
  'the 
  inspector 
  to 
  examine 
  apiaries 
  and 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  

   or 
  not 
  " 
  foul 
  brood 
  " 
  exists, 
  and 
  whenever 
  the 
  inspector 
  is 
  satis- 
  

   fied 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  foul 
  brood, 
  in 
  its 
  virulent 
  or 
  malignant 
  

   type, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  his 
  duty 
  to 
  order 
  all 
  colonies 
  so 
  affected, 
  together 
  

   with 
  the 
  hives 
  occupied 
  by 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  contents 
  and 
  all 
  tainted 
  

   appurtenances 
  that 
  cannot 
  be 
  disinfected 
  to 
  be 
  immediately 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  by 
  fire; 
  but 
  where 
  the 
  inspector 
  is 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   ease 
  exists 
  in 
  mild 
  types, 
  and 
  in 
  incipient 
  stages, 
  and 
  is 
  being 
  

   or 
  may 
  be 
  treated 
  successfully 
  or 
  cured, 
  the 
  inspector 
  may 
  not 
  

   destroy 
  the 
  colonies. 
  

  

  The 
  inspector 
  may 
  order 
  any 
  owner 
  of 
  bees 
  dwelling 
  in 
  box- 
  

   hives, 
  in 
  apiaries 
  w^here 
  disease 
  exists, 
  to 
  transfer 
  such 
  bees 
  to 
  

   movable 
  frame 
  hives, 
  and 
  in 
  default 
  of 
  such 
  transfer, 
  he 
  may 
  

   destroy 
  such 
  box-hives 
  and 
  the 
  bees 
  dwelling 
  therein. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  owners 
  of 
  diseased 
  colonies 
  of 
  bees 
  

   to 
  sell 
  or 
  barter 
  such 
  diseased 
  colonies 
  or 
  infected 
  appliances. 
  

  

  