1903 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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of any food products exists in this stored by honey bees, and it shall be 



state, it shall be the duty of the execu- held to have been adulterated when 



tive of such office to take, in a lawful glucose, cane sugar, grape sugar or 



manner, samples of suspected bee prod- any other substance or compound has 



ucts, or imitations or compounds there- been mixed with or added to it or fed 



of, reasonably compensating therefor to bees; and the word "Beeswax" shall 



from any funds in his hands belong- 

 ing to his office, and cause such sam- 

 ples to be immediately analyzed, or 

 otherwise satisfactorily tested, by a 



be held to be the wax rendered from 

 combs built by honey bees, either with- 

 out foundation, or upon a foundation 

 of pure beeswax, and it shall be held 



practical chemist, at a cost not to ex- to have been adulterated when paraffine, 

 ceed twenty (20) dollars in any case, tallow, or any other wax or fat, min- 

 and if the result of such analysis shows eral or vegetable, or any other sub- 

 that the provisions of this act to have stance or compound has been mixed 

 been violated, to immediately make with or added to it. 

 complaint before a justice of the peace Section 7. No court of this state 

 of the county in which the ofifense was shall sustain any action brought to re- 

 committed or such product was found, cover any sum due or alleged to be due 

 and the justice of the peace shall there- by reason of the purchase of any adul- 

 upon take full jurisdiction and hear and terated bee products, or compounds 

 determine all matters connected there- specified in this act. unless the same 

 with, and enter judgment accordingly, shall have been labefed or marked as 

 and the analysis herein mentioned shall provided in this act, which duty of la- 

 be recorded and preserved as evidence, beling or marking shall be proven as 

 and the expense for making such anal- part of the case in chief, 

 ysis or test may be taxed as costs in Section 8. Any person, firm or cor- 

 case the prosecution shall be success- poration violating any of the provisions 

 ful; the certificate of such result, sworn of this act shall be deemed guilty of a 

 to by the chemist, shall be competent misdemeanor, and on conviction there- 

 evidence in all prosecutions under this of shall be fined for the first ofifense not 

 act; Provided, That the person accus- less than twenty dollars ($20), nor more 



ed may, by subpoena, compel the at 

 tendance in court of such chemist. In 

 all cases where the defendant is found 

 guilty of a violation of this act, such 

 product shall be confiscated and may 



than one hundred dollars ($100), and for 

 the second and subsequent offenses not 

 less than one hundred dollars ($100), 

 nor more than five hundred dollars 

 ($500), together, in all cases, with all 



be destroyed or sold by an officer of costs of suit; and justices of the peace 

 such court, and the receipts thereof, af- may have jurisdiction of all ofifenses 

 ter being applied to the costs of the arising under this act. 

 case, any balance remaining shall be Section 9. All acts and parts of acts 

 turned into the state treasury. If any 'that conflict with this act are hereby re- 

 food officer whose duty it is to inspect pealed. 



or bring proceedings as herein provid- Section 10. In the opinion of the 

 ed, shall corruptly or negligently fail General Assembly an emergency exists, 

 to do so he shall be deemed guilty of and this act shall take effect from and 

 malfeasance and shall be fined and de- after its passage. 



barred from his office, the amount of 



such fine going to the informer of such THE LITTLE BUSY BEE. 



malfeasance; all proceedings provided Every head of clover consists of about 

 and mentioned in this act, to be brought ^ flower tubes, each of which contains 

 against a person, firm or corporation ^^^ infinitesimal quantity of sugar. Bees 

 for violation thereof, or against any ^^j,, ^^^^^^ ^.j^j^ ^ hundred different 

 officer for malfeasance, shall be in the j^g^^g of clover before retiring to the 

 name of the people of the state of Col- j^j^.^^ ^^^ j^ order to obtain the sugar 

 orado, and in no such case shall any necessary for a load must therefore 

 advancement of costs for any bond or thrust their tongues into about 6,000 

 other security be required. different flowers. Sometimes a bee will 



Section 6. For the purpose of this draw 'the sugar from 120,000 dififerent 

 act the word "Honey" shall be held to flowers in the course of a single day s 

 be the nectar of flowers gathered and work.— Home Queen. 



