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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 21, 1903. 



perhaps for the top-bars of brood-frames. No other timber 

 answers as well as white pine, although basswood is used 

 by a few. 



I have used a great deal of chestnut lumber, such as 

 was cut from large trees and which was full of little pin- 

 holes. It can generally be bought for less than pine lum- 

 ber, and may be used for hive-stands, shipping-cases, sec- 

 tion-holders, frame-stuff, etc. It is, however, not suitable 

 for hive-bodies on account of its tendency to warp. It is 

 even worse than basswood in this respect. I believe hives 

 that are not exposed to the weather, as those in house-apia- 

 ries, may be made of basswood or any other kind of wood 

 without giving any trouble. Butternut answers all purposes 

 where chestnut would. I have used these timbers largely 

 for many years. 



A few years ago I bought a large pile of slabs. It con- 

 sisted mostly of chestnut. I bought it with a view of using 

 it for the kitchen stove, and I enjoyed the fun, that winter, 

 of reducing these slabs — there were 27 two-horse loads — to 

 stovewood, with the help of a good, sharp bucksaw. When- 

 ever I came to a nice, heavy piece of clear stuff three feet or 

 more long, it was cut out and saved. I have not only used 

 this material for honey-cases, frame-stuff, etc., but also 

 for potato-crates, and I have still a supply left to draw on. 

 It was the cheapest timber and wood I ever bought. The 

 whole lot cost me but $5.00. A great deal of such material 

 could be saved and utilized by the bee-keepers, especially 

 by those who make their own supplies. 



Ontario Co., N. Y. 



Foul-Brood Legislation in California. 



BY HON. J. M. HAMBAUGH. 



AMONG the very first bills introduced into the California 

 Legislature in January was one with the following 

 title : 



An Act — To amend an act entitled an act to promote the apicul- 

 tural interests of the State of California by providing county inspec- 

 tors of apiaries, and defining their duties, and providing for their 

 compensation, and repealing an Act entitled, " An act to authorize the 

 board of supervisors of the several counties of this State to appoint 

 inspectors of apiaries, and provide for their compensation, and defin- 

 ing their duties, and for the further protection of bee-culture,'' ap- 

 proved March 13, 1S83, said tirst-named act having been approved 

 February 20, IHOl, and adding five new sections, seven, eight, nine ten 

 and eleven, providing for making the violation of certain sections 

 thereof a misdemeanor. 



Senator Ward and Assemblyman Burgess, both of San- 

 Diego Co., introduced the bill simultaneously in both houses, 

 and they made rapid headway, reaching the Governor 

 among the very first, to claim his signature. All honor to 

 them, and thanks to all in our legislative halls who so gen- 

 erously contributed to the needs of the suffering bee-keep- 

 ers, with their influence and votes. Many thanks also, to 

 those wide-awake officers and members of the California 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, University Farmers' Club 

 Institute, California Central Bee-Keepers, etc., especially 

 our good friend Prof. Cook, who so ably and generously 

 championed the cause of the bee-keepers, and while, in our 

 individual estimation, it does not meet every requirement, 

 we believe we now have upon our statutes the best foul- 

 brood law on the continent of America. It will be noticed 

 the last five sections and the amendment to the fourth sec- 

 tions were enacted at this session of the Legislature. 



CALIFORNIA'S NEW FOUL BROOD LAW. 



Sec. 1. — Whenever a petition is presented to the board of super- 

 visors of any county, signed by ten or more persons, each of whom is 

 a property-holder, resident of the county, and possessor of an apiary or 

 place where bees are kept, stating that certain or all apiaries within 

 the county were affected with the disease known as foul brood, or any 

 other disease which is infectious or contagious in its nature, and in- 

 jurious to the bees, their eggs, or larva', and praying that an inspector 

 be appointed by them, whose duty it shall be to supervise the treat- 

 ment of said bees and apiaries as herein provided, the board of super- 

 visors shall, within twenty days thereafter, appoint a suitable person, 

 who shall be a skilled bee-keeper, inspector of apiaries. Upon petition 

 of ten persons, each of whom is a resident property-holder, and pos- 

 sessor of an apiary, the board of supervisors may remove said inspec- 

 tor for cause after a hearing of the petition. 



Sec. 3. — It shall be the duty of the inspector of each county to 

 cause an inspection to be made, when he deems it necessary, of any or 

 every apiary or other place within his jurisdiction in which bees are 

 kept; and, if found infected with foul brood, or any other infectious 

 or contagious disease injurious to the bees, or their eggs or larv:e, he 

 shall notify the owner or owners, person or persons, in charge, or in 

 possession of said apiaries or places where bees are kept, that the same 

 are infected with foul brood or any other disease infectious or conta- 



gious in its nature, and injurious to bees, their eggs, or larvit, and he 

 shall require such person or persons to eradicate and remove such dis- 

 ease or cause of contagion, within a certain time to be specified. 



Said notice may be served upon the person or persons or either of 

 them, owning or having charge or having possession of such infected 

 apiaries or places where bees are kept, by any inspector, or by any 

 person deputized by the said inspector for that purpose, or they may 

 be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. Any and 

 all such apiaries, or places where bees are kept, found infected with 

 foul brood or any other infectious or contagious disease, are hereby 

 adjudged and declared to be a public nuisance; and whenever any 

 such nuisance shall exist at any place within his jurisdiction, or on the 

 property of any non-resident or on any property the owner or owners 

 of which can not be found by the inspector after diligent search, 

 within the county or upon the property of any owner or owners, upon 

 whom notice aforesaid has been served, and who shall refuse or neg- 

 lect to abate the same within the time specified, it shall be the duly 

 of the inspector to abate the nuisance— either by treating the disease 

 or by destroying the infected hives, together with their combs and 

 bees therein. 



The expense thereof shall be a county charge, and the board of 

 supervisors shall allow and pay the same out of the general fund of 

 the county. 



Sec. 3. — It shall be the duty of the county inspector of apiaries to 

 keep a record of his official acts and doing, and make a monthly re- 

 port thereof to the board of supervisors; and the board of supervisors 

 may withhold warrants for salary of said inspector until such time as 

 said report is made. 



Sec. 4. — The salary of the county inspector of apiaries shall be 

 four dollars per day when actually engaged in the performance of his 

 duties, and itemized necessary traveling expenses incurred in the per- 

 formance of his duties, as prescribed in this act. 



Sec. 7 — The inspector of apiaries may, in his discretion, order the 

 owner or owners, or other persons in charge of bees kept in box or 

 other immovable or stationary comb hives in apiaries infected with 

 foul brood or any other infectious or contagious disease, or within a 

 radius of three miles of such diseased apiaries, to transfer such bees to 

 movable-frame hives within a reasonable time to be specified in such 

 order or notice ; and in default of such transfer by owner or owners, 

 or other person in charge of such bees, the inspector may destroy or 

 cause to be destroyed all such hives, together with their contents, and 

 the expense thereof shall be a county charge, as provided in section 

 two of this act. 



Sec. 8. — Any person or persons who shall import bees into the 

 State of California, which said bees are not accompanied with a certi- 

 ficate from a duly authorized inspector of apiaries, or bee-inspector, 

 certifying that such bees are free from foul brood and other infectious 

 or contagious diseases, or who shall import bees from another county 

 within this State not having a bee-inspector, into a county having a 

 bee-inspector, shall immediately, upon receipt of such bees, cause 

 them to be inspected by a duly authorized inspector of apiaries; and 

 if such bees are found to be infected with foul brood or other infec- 

 tious or contagious disease, such inspector shall proceed to have such 

 disease eradicated, as provided in section two of this act. Any per- 

 son violating the provisions of this section shall lie deemed guilty of a 

 misdemeanor. 



Sec. 9. — It shall be unlawful for any person owning or control- 

 ling bees within this State, which are known to be infected with foul 

 brood, or other infectious or contagious disease, to remove said bees to 

 a new location, without first giving ten days' notice to the county in- 

 spector of apiaiies, stating when and where he intends moving said 

 bees. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sec. 10. — Any person or persons whose apiary is infected with foul 

 brood or any other infectious or contagious disease, and who sells or 

 offers for sale from such infected apiary any bees, hives, bee-fixtures, 

 or appurtenances, or who shall expose in his bee-yard or elsewhere any 

 infected comb honey, beeswax, or other infected thing, or who conceals 

 the fact that his apiary is so infected, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor. 



Sec 11. — Any person or persons who shall resist, impede, or hin- 

 der in any way the inspector of apiaries in the discharge of his duties 

 under the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor. 



Sec 12. — This act shall take effect immediately. 



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