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sive) provide for the appointment by the 

 county commissioners of one or more quali- 

 ified persons inspectors of bees for their re- 

 spective counties. Such inspectors shall 

 hold office for two years, qualify and give 

 bond. No appointment is made except on 

 petition of a majority of the bee-keepers of 

 said county. 



( b ) Pay of Inspectors ; Tax on Bees. — In- 

 spectors shall be paid out of the county 

 treasury for services Jictually rendered, at 

 such rate per daj' as the board of county 

 commissioners may fix. Ejich colony of 

 bees is assessed, and taxed in the same 

 manner as other property is assessed and 

 taxed, and collected by the county. 



{c) Duties and Powers of Inspector. — All 

 hives of bees in each county shall be care- 

 fulU' inspected at least once each year b}' a 

 county or district inspector, where such in- 

 spector has been appointed ; and, at any 

 time upon complaint that disease exists 

 among the bees of any person, the inspect- 

 or to whom complaint is made shall imine- 

 diately inspect the bees said to be affected. 

 He shall have authority to take charge and 

 control of diseased bees and their hives, and 

 the tools and implements used in connection 

 therewith for treatment; or to destroy such 

 bees, broods, or hives and their contents, or 

 implements, as may be infected. The own- 

 er may question a decision of the inspector 

 concerning the presence of disease, and may 

 appeal to three arbitrators selected from 

 among bee-keepers of the county, one each 

 by the owner and inspector, and the third 

 by the two chosen, whose decision, concur- 

 red in by two of the number, shall be con- 

 clusive as to the condition of the bees at the 

 time of such examination. 



( d ) Obstructing Inspector — Peyialty. — Any 

 person who obstructs or hinders an inspector 

 in the performance of his dutj' shall, on 

 conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a 

 misdemeanor, and fined for the first offense 

 not less than five nor more than twenty-five 

 dollars; and for additional offense, any sum 

 not exceeding fift}' dollars. 



12. SAME. 



Inspection of Apiaries; Inspector; Ap- 

 pointment., Duties, and Compensation. — 

 Laws of Wisconsin (Wis. Stat. 1898, Sec. 

 1494/) provide for the appointment, by the 

 Governor, for a term of two years, a State 

 inspector of apiaries. He shall, when no- 

 tified of the existence of the disease known 

 as foul brood among apiaries, examine all 

 such as are reported, and all others in the 

 same locality, and ascertain whether or not 

 such disease exists; and, if satisfied ©f its 

 existence, shall give the owner or person in 

 charge of such apiaries full instructions as 

 to the manner of treating them. Within a 

 reasonable time after making such exami- 

 nation the inspector shall make another ex- 

 amination thereof; and if the condition of 

 any of them is such as, in his judgment, 

 renders it necessary, he may burn all the 

 colonies of bees and all the comb necessary 

 to prevent the spread of the disease. Such 



inspector shall, before such burning, give 

 the notice provided for, and otherwise pro- 

 ceed pursuant to the provisions of section 

 1492(6 (covering the slaughter of diseased 

 animals). The inspector shall make ajear- 

 ly report to the Governor, stating the num- 

 ber of apiaries visited, the number of those 

 diseased and treated, and the number of 

 colonies of bees destroj'ed, and of the ex- 

 penses incurred in the performance of his 

 duties. Said inspector shall receive fuur 

 dollars for each day actually and necessa- 

 rily spent in the performance of his duties, 

 and be reimbursed in any sum not to exceed 

 five hundred dollars per year. 



Wk regret to learn that our old friend 

 and correspondent, Mr. Thaddeus Smith, 

 of Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada, died on 

 the 11th of June, after a short illness, ikr. 

 Smith was a good writer, and never wrote 

 till he had something to say. His articles 

 that appeared frequently for the last few 

 years will speak for themselves. 



In speaking of the method of harvesting 

 wheat in California and in other western 

 States, I omitted to mention that wheat in 

 Central California does not have to be bun- 

 dled or shocked up. These harvesters cut 

 only the top of the grain. The straw is 

 left standing in the field, and is plowed 

 under. Another fact that is somewhat in- 

 teresting is that the grain can be cut any 

 time after it is ripe, without danger of its 

 shelling out. 



I NOTICE that, as bees start out in the 

 morning, they will crawl up on the hive- 

 front, then drop off backward, and fly for 

 the fields. I think this habit is due large- 

 ly to the fact that sometimes they start out 

 so early in the morning they can not see till 

 they get above surrounding objects like 

 weeds and grasses. They will crawl up 

 four or five inches, and then fl}% and the 

 habit continues with them, even though old 

 Sol has got pretty well up. 



In our July 15th issue, in calling atten- 

 tion to the article of Mr. W. K. Morrison, 

 we stated he was an employee of the Brit- 

 his government. Mr. Morrison was former- 

 ly connected with the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment of the West Indies, making a tour of 

 some of the islands for the purpose of de- 

 \ eloping bee-keeping, but retired from that 

 position something over a year ago. In a 

 late letter he states that he is planning a 



