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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



of the inspector, all hives, houses, combs, 

 honey, and apparatus used in connection 

 with any such diseased colonies; or the 

 owner or agent may elect, within the same 

 time, to destroj' said bees, hives, comb, 

 comb-houses, and apparatus, by fire or 

 burial. 



It is the duty of the inspector and his as- 

 sistants, after inspecting hives or fixtures, 

 or handling diseased bees, before leaving 

 the premises and proceeding to another api- 

 ary, to thoroughly disinfect their person 

 and clothing. 



(e) Box Hives — Transfer. — The inspector 

 may, in his discretion, order any owner or 

 possessor of bees dwelling in box hives in 

 apiaries where the disease exists (being 

 mere boxes without frames), to transfer 

 such bees to movable-frame hives within a 

 specified time, and, in default of such trans- 

 fer, the inspector may destroy or order the 

 destruction of such hives and the bees there- 

 in. 



(/) Penalty for Selling Diseased Bees or 

 Infected Appliances. — Any one who know- 

 ingly sells, barters, or gives away, moves, 

 or allows to be moved, a diseased colony or 

 colonies of bees, be they queen or workers, 

 or infected appliances, he shall, on convic- 

 tion before any justice, be liable to a fine 

 not less than $50 nor more than $100, or to 

 county-jail imprisonment for a term not ex- 

 ceeding two months. 



(^) Selling Infected Property : Exposing 

 Infected Things — Penalty. — Any person 

 whose bees have been destroj'ed or treated 

 for foul brood, who sells or offers for sale 

 an}' bees, hives, or appurtenances after such 

 destruction or treatment, before being au- 

 thorized by the inspector to do so, or exposes 

 in his bee-yard or elsewhere any infected 

 comb honey or other infected thing, or con- 

 ceals the fact that said disease exists 

 among his bees shall, on conviction, be lia- 

 ble to a fine of not less than $20 nor more 

 than $50, or imprisonment in the county 

 jail not less than one nor more than two 

 months. 



{^h^ Disobedience, and Resistance to In- 

 spector — Seizure. — "When an owner or pos- 

 sessor of bees disobej's the directions of the 

 inspector, or oflfers resistance, or obstructs 

 said inspector in his duty, the latter maj' 

 apply to a justice for special constable, to 

 proceed with him to the premises of such 

 owner, and assist the inspector to seize all 

 the diseased colonies and infected appurte- 

 nances, and burn them forthwith, and, if 

 necessary, cause the arrest of the said own- 

 er or possessor, and have him dealt with 

 according to the provisions of section (g). 



(i) Inspector must read or Deliver Copy 

 of Act. — The inspector shall read over to 

 such person the provisions of this act, or 

 shall cause a copy thereof to be delivered 

 to him, before proceeding against him for 

 its violation. 



(7) Annual Report. — The said inspector 

 shall include in his annual report to the 

 president of the Colorado State Bee-keepers' 



Association a statement of his work during 

 the preceding j-ear, the number of colonies 

 inspected, the number diseased, the number 

 destro3'ed by fire or otherwise; the names 

 of the owners, and the localities where 

 found, and the amount paid to him for his 

 services and expenses for the 3'ear. 



{k) Compensation — Payment by County. — 

 The county inspector of bees receives four 

 dollars per day, and two dollars for each 

 half-day necessarily and actually employ- 

 ed, together with his necessary and actual 

 expenses while so emploj^ed, paj^able by 

 the county as other claims against the coun- 

 ty are audited and paid. 



10. SAME. 



(rt) County Inspection of Apiaries. — Laws 

 of California (Laws of 1901, Chap. XXIV., 

 Stat. 1901), provide that, upon petition of 

 ten or more resident property-holders and 

 possessors of an apiary or place where bees 

 are kept, to the board of supervisors of any 

 count}', stating that certain or all apiaries 

 within the county are infected with the dis- 

 ease known as "foul brood," or any other 

 disease infectious or contagious, and inju- 

 rious to bees, their eggs, or larva;, that an 

 inspector be appointed by them to supervise 

 the treatment of said bees and apiaries, the 

 said board shall, within 20 days, appoint a 

 suitable person, who shall be a skilled bee- 

 keeper, inspector of apiaries. Upon peti- 

 tion of a like number of resident property- 

 holders, and possessor of an apiary, the 

 board may remove said inspector for cause, 

 after a hearing. 



{b) Duties of Inspector. — It shall be the 

 duty of the inspector in each county to cause 

 an inspection to be made when he deems it 

 necessary; and if any foul brood, infectious 

 or contagious disease injurious to bees or 

 their eggs or larva; be found, he shall noti- 

 fy the owner or person in charge of said 

 apiaries, or place where bees are kept, and 

 he shall require such persons to eradicate 

 and remove such disease or cause of conta- 

 gion within a certain time to be specified. 

 Notice may be served by an inspector, or by 

 deputy, or after the manner of a summons 

 in a civil action. Any and all apiaries or 

 places where bees are kept, etc., found in- 

 fected with disease are declared to be a 

 nuisance; and neglect or refusal of the own- 

 er or agent to abate the nuisance within the 

 time specified, it shall be the duty of the 

 inspector to abate the same by treatment or 

 destroying the infected hives, bees, and 

 comb. The expense thereof shall be allow- 

 ed by the board of supervisors, and paid out 

 of the general fund of the county. 



{c) Salary. — The salary of the county in- 

 spector of apiaries shall be three dollars a 

 day when actually engaged in the perform- 

 ance of his duties. 



{d) The act of 1883, approved March 30, 

 providing for inspection of apiaries, etc., is 

 hereby repealed. 



11. SAME. 



(«) Bee Inspection : Inspector. — Laws of 

 Utah (Rev. Stat. 1898, Sec. 139 to 143 iuclu- 



