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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15 



turb, injure, or destroy any of the afore- 

 said receptacles or other contrivances con- 

 taining honey or honey-bees, or if any per- 

 son shall steal, or by art, device, or con- 

 trivance, or in any manner whatever, decoy 

 from any such hive, box, bee-palace, or con- 

 trivance any such honey-bees, with intent 

 to convert the same to his own use, or with 

 intent to damage or defraud the owner there- 

 of, or by any art or device injure, damage, 

 or destroy any such honey-bees by means 

 of poison and otherwise, such offender shall 

 be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, 

 and confined in the county jail not less than 

 ten nor more than thirty days, and shall be 

 liable to the party injured in double the 

 value of the property stolen, injured, or de- 

 stroyed. 



7. PREVENTION OF FOUL BROOD AMONG 

 BEES. 



(a) Laws of Michigan (Howell's Ann'd 

 Stat., 1882, Chap. 62), 1881, p. 125, makes 

 it unlawful for any person to keep in his 

 apiary any colony of bees affected with con- 

 tagious malady known as foul brood, and 

 makes it the duty of every bee-keeper, as 

 soon as he becomes aware of the existence 

 of said disease among his bees, to forth- 

 with destroy or cause to be destroyed by 

 burning or interment all colonies thus af- 

 fected. 



(/;) Wherever foul brood exists, or where 

 there are good reasons to believe it exists, 

 it shall be lawful for any five or more actu- 

 al bee-keepers of any county of the State, 

 to set forth such facts, belief, or apprehen- 

 sion in a petition addressed to the judge of 

 probate, whose duty it is to appoint a com- 

 petent bee-keeper of said county, as a com- 

 missioner, to prevent the spread of said dis- 

 ease and to eradicate the same; said com- 

 missioner to hold his office during the plea- 

 sure of the court ; records of appointment 

 and revocation shall be filed with the peti- 

 tion as a part of the records of the court. 



(c) Upon complaint of any three bee- 

 keepers in writing and on oath, to said 

 commissioner, setting forth that said dis- 

 ease exists, or that they have good reason 

 to believe it exists within said county, des- 

 ignating the apiary or apiaries, it is the 

 duty of the commissioner to proceed at once 

 to examine the bees so designated ; and 

 when satisfied that any colony or colonies 

 of said bees are diseased with foul brood, 

 he shall place a distinguishing mark upon 

 each hive wherein exists said foul brood, 

 and immediately notify the person to whom 

 said bees belong, personally or by written 

 notice, to remove or destroy said hives, to- 

 gether with their entire contents, by bury- 

 ing them or by fire within five days. In 

 case no foul brood is found to exist in said 

 apiary, the persons so petitioning, or either 

 of them, becomes liable to said commission- 

 er for the amount of his fees for such ser- 

 vices. 



[d) Any person neglecting to destroy or 

 cause to be destroyed said hives and con- 

 tents, after notice and time limited, shall 



be fined not more than twenty-five dollars 

 or by imprisonment not more than fifteen 

 days or both. For the second offense the 

 fine may not exceed one hundred dollars, 

 or imprisonment more than 60 days or both. 



{e) The commissioner is allowed two dol- 

 lars per day for his services, and is paid 

 by the county. But no fees are allowed un- 

 less foul brood is found. 



{/) In all suits and prosecutions under 

 this law, it is necessary to prove that said 

 bees were actually diseased, or infected 

 with foul brood. 



8. SAME, FOUL BROOD, DISEASED BEES. 



(a) Laws of Nebraska (Chap. 3, Act 1885, 

 Chap. 8a, Ann'd Stat. Neb., 1901), makes 

 it unlawful for any one to keep or have in 

 possession in this State, any honey-bees, 

 brood-comb, or honey known to possess or 

 to be infected with the disease known as 

 "foul brood," or with any other infectious 

 or contagious disease peculiar to bees or 

 honey, or to keep or have in possession any 

 bee-hive or other receptacle in which any 

 foul brood, diseased bees, or infected honey 

 is known to have been kept. 



(b) Destruction, Penalty. — Any honey- 

 bees, brood-comb, or hone}' owned or kept 

 or found in this State, known to be affected 

 or infected; and any bee-hive or other re- 

 ceptacle in which anj' bees, brood-comb, or 

 honey shall have been kept, known to be, 

 or have been infected as set out in section 

 («), shall be destroyed immediately and 

 completely by burning. Any person who 

 shall be the owner, possessor, or care-taker 

 thereof, who refuses or neglects to immedi- 

 ately cause the same to be destroyed, as 

 provided herein, shall be deemed guilty of 

 a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there- 

 of shall pay a fine of not less than ten nor 

 more than one hundred dollars, or be im- 

 prisoned in jail not more than 30 days for 

 each offense. 



(^) Inspection. — Every person owning or 

 keeping honey-bees in this State shall cause 

 the same to be inspected at his own expense, 

 at least once a year in infected districts. 

 This includes each and every brood or col- 

 ony of bees, brood-comb, and honey in his 

 possession or under his control, and the 

 procuring of a certificate of such inspection 

 showing the true condition of each and 

 every one of the above-named articles in 

 his possession as to the existence of foul 

 brood or other infectious or contagious dis- 

 ease, in duplicate, one of which duplicates 

 shall be left with such person, and the oth- 

 er filed in the county clerk's office, where 

 such bees or honey or brood-comb is kept. 



(fif) Treatment. — If, upon inspection, the 

 disease of foul brood or other infection or 

 contagion shall be found to exist, and the 

 inspector shall be of the opinion that, by 

 proper treatment, such disease, contagion, 

 or infection may be removed, he shall so 

 certify officially in his certificate of inspec- 

 tion, and the owner or keeper of such bees 

 shall be entitled to keep such bees for the 



