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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 25, 1902. 



ploj'ed, payable by the county as other claims against the 

 county are audited and paid. 



10. SAME. 



(a) 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 pos- 

 sessors of an apiary or place where bees are kept, to the 

 board of supervisors of any county, stating- that certain or 

 all apiaries within the county are infected with the disease 

 known as " foul brood," or any other disease infectious or 

 contagious, and injurious to bees, their eggs, or larva;, that 

 an inspector be appointed by them to supervise the treat- 

 ment of said bees and apiaries, the said board shall, within 

 20 days, appoint a suitable person, who shall be a skilled 

 beekeeper, inspector of apiaries. Upon petition of a like 

 number of resident property-holders, and possessor of an 

 apiary, the board may remove said inspector for cause, after 

 a hearing. 



ib) Duties of Inspectors. — It shall be the duties of in- 

 spectors in each county to cause an inspection to be made 

 when he deems it necessary : and if any foul brood, infect- 

 ious or contagious disease injurious to bees or their eggs or 

 larva; be found, he shall notify the owner or person in 

 charge of said apiaries, or place where the bees are kept, 

 and he shall require such persons to eradicate and remove 

 such disease or cause of contagion 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 infected with disease are declared to be a nuisance ; 

 and neglect or refusal of the owner or agent to abate the 

 nuisance within the time specified, it shall be the duty of 

 the inspector to abate the same treatment or destroy the 

 infected hives, bees and comb. The expense thereof sliall 

 be allowed by the board of supervisors, and paid out of the 

 general funds of the county. 



(c) Salary. — The salary of the county inspector of 

 apiaries shall be three dollars a day when actually engaged 

 in the performance of his duties. 



{d\ The act of 1883, approved March 30, providing for 

 inspection of apiaries, etc., is hereby repealed. 



11. SAME. 



(a) Bee Inspection ; Inspector. — Laws of Utah (Rev. Stat. 

 1898, Sec. 139 to 143 inclusive) provide for the appointment 

 by the county commissioners of one or more qualified per- 

 sons, inspectors of bees for their respective 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. 



ib) Pay of Inspector : Tax on Bees. — Inspectors shall 

 be paid out of the county treasury for services actually ren- 

 dered at such rate per day as the board of county commis- 

 sioners may fix. Each colony of bees is assessed, and taxed 

 in the same manner as other property is assessed and taxed, 

 and collected by the county. 



(r) Duties and Boivers of Inspector. — All hives of bees 

 in each county shall be carefully inspected at least once 

 each year by a county inspector, where such inspector has 

 been appointed ; and, at any time upon complaint that dis- 

 ease exists among the bees of any person, the inspector to 

 whom complaint is made shall immediately 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 fortreatment ; 

 or to destroy such bees, brood, or hives and their contents, 

 or implements, as may be infected. The owner may ques- 

 tion 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, 

 concurred in by two of the number, shall be conclusive as 

 to the condition of the bees at the time of such examination. 



{d\ Obstructing Inspector — Penalty. — Any person who 

 obstructs or hinders an inspector in the performance of his 

 duty 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 

 oflfense, any sum not exceeding fifty dollars. 



12. SAME. 



luspection of Apiaries ; Inspector ; Appointment, 

 Duties, and Compensation. — Laws of Wisconsin (Wis. Stat. 

 1898, Sec. 1494/) provide for the appointment, by the Gov- 

 ernor, for a terra of two years, a State inspector of apiaries. 

 He shall, when notified of the existence of the disease 



known as foul brood among apiaries, examine all such as 

 are reported, add all others in the same locality, and ascer- 

 tain whether or not such disease exists : and, if satisfied of 

 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 examination there- 

 of ; and if the condition of any of them is such as, in his 

 judgment, renders it necessary, he may burn all colonies of 

 bees and all comb necessar.y to prevent the spread of the 

 disease. Such inspector shall, before burning, give the 

 notice provided for, and otherwise proceed pursuant to the 

 provisions of section 14926 (covering the slaughter of dis- 

 eased animals). The inspector shall make a yearly report 

 to the Governor, stating the number of apiaries visited, the 

 number of those diseased and treated, and the number of 

 colonies of bees destroyed, and of the expenses incurred in 

 the performance of his duties. Said inspector shall receive 

 four dollars for each day actually and necessarily spent in 

 the performance of his duties, and be reimbursed in any 

 sum not to exceed five hundred dollars peryear. — Gleanings 

 in Bee-Culture. 



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The Afterthought. * 



The "Old Reliable" seen through New and Unreliable Qlasses. 

 By B. E. HASTY, Sta. B Rural, Toledo, O. 



ROBBER-BEES STINGING THE KOBBKD. 



I guess all will agree that sometimes robbers sting the 

 bees they are trying to plunder. Probably a good many 

 (on talking the matter over and refreshing their memories) 

 will agree that sometimes they do not. Manifestly the off- 

 hand expectation, judging bees by human beings, would be 

 to expect the robbers to be first and fiercest to begin 

 slaughter; but jumped-at conclusions are notoriously apt 

 to be wrong. The point on which more reports of exact 

 and careful observation would be welcome is, Do robbers 

 wi/^fl/Zy make free to kill? In all cases where assailants 

 and assailed are different looking bees, the dead lying 

 around can be inspected. That's something ; but the ob- 

 served deportment of the two parties at different stages of 

 the muss is needed also. Different races and strains of 

 bees are liable to differ somewhat in their robbing manners. 

 Also old, experienced robbers are liable to differ from those 

 robbing a hive for the first time. Our more usual robbing 

 is by bees that personally never robbed a hive before. Bee- 

 life is short. Also the colony has not recently robbed — not 

 often enough to keep up a continuous tradition and set of 

 tactics. 



ITALIAN BEES TURNING TO BLACKS. 



On page 537, " Minnesota " thinks all the bees in his 

 locality are from one parent lot of all-yellow bees. Dr. 

 Miller doubts very strongly. The puzzle is, they're getting 

 black. It occurs to me that we have had, first and last, 

 rather too many such reports to ignore. I'm getting about 

 ready to admit that Italians subjected to close in-breeding 

 do sometimes let the black element of their blood come to 

 the front. Not much doubt that Italians were in their 

 origin a mixture of some yellow oriental race with blacks — 

 the mixture being unified and modified by many centuries 

 of time. 



FEEDING HONEY TO PRODUCE WAX. 



Loyalstone's practical work at getting nearly a pound 

 of wax from five pounds of fed honey — especially the con- 

 tinued success for four years — that's getting things out of 

 mere experimental science into the bread and butter re- 

 gions. There are plants which produce much honey that 

 the bees will accept although the human taste rebels a lit- 

 tle at the flavor. Where prime extracted has to go for 5 

 cents, this stuff ought not to be figured more than 2 cents. 

 Then we see (in case wax is 24 cents) one pound takes 12 

 cents in honey to produce it, and yields another 12 cents for 

 bee-labor, man labor, and profits. As to Loyalstone's cloth 

 feeder, one would naturally be somewhat suspicious about 

 that, and ask for something better. Page 536. 



SHAKING QUEENS OFF COMBS— BEE-LONGEVITY. 



When combs are shaken a laying queen drops easier 

 than the bees, but a virgin queen not so easy. These facts 



