1904 



THE AMETiTCA'N BEE-KEEPER 



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his sncressor if? appointed and qnali- 

 fied, except when upon petition of ten 

 I)ersoiis, (oacli of wliom is a resident 

 of said county and jtossessor of an 

 ai>ijiry). to the hoard of county com- 

 missioners of said county, may remove 

 said inspector for cause after a hearing 

 of petitioners. 



Section 3. Any bee-ljeeper, or other 

 person who shall have cause to believe 

 that any apiary in his county is affect- 

 ed with foul brood or other disease, 

 either in his own apiary or elsewhere, 

 shall make affidavit statinjr. that on in- 

 formation or belief, he believes that 

 certain apiaries, describing the loca- 

 tion, naming the owner or keejier, is 

 affected with foul brood or other dis- 

 ease, and his ground for such belief. 

 On receiving said affidavit from any 

 source of the existence, in any apiary 

 in his county, of the disease known as 

 foul brood, or any other infectious or 

 contagious disease of bees, the r-mu'ty 

 inspector of bees, shall forthwith in- 

 spect each colony of bees and all hives, 

 implements and apparatus, honey and 

 supplies on hand or used in connection 

 "uith such apiary and distinctly desig- 

 nate each colony or apiary Avhich is 

 infected, and notify the owner, or 

 person in charge of said bees thereof, 

 in writing or otherwise, and the own- 

 ers of said bees, or the persons in 

 charge thereof to practically and in 

 goo-d faith apply, and thereafter fully 

 and effectually carry out, to and iipon 

 such diseased colonies, such treatment 

 as may have been prescribed by the 

 said inspector for sucli cases; also 

 thoroughly disinfect to the satisfaction 

 of the inspector, all hives, bee-houses, 

 combs, honey and apparatus that have 

 been used in connection with any such 

 diseased colonies; or, at his election, 

 the said owner or person in charge 

 of such bees may, within the same 

 time, utterly and completely destroy 

 said bees, hives, houses, comb-horses, 

 honey and apparatus, by first killing 

 the bees, (by the use of sulphur fumes 

 when the bees are in the hives for the 

 night) by fire, or bury the same in the 

 ground with a covering of not less than 

 two feet of earth. 



Section 4. The county inspector of 

 bees, shall have the right to enter the 

 premises of any bee-keeper, where the 

 bees are liept and inspect such bees, 

 and any person resisting or refusing 

 to allow said inspection, by said bee 



inspector, shall be guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and may be then and there 

 arrested by said bee inspector or per- 

 son deputized by him, afid brought be- 

 fore a .Justice of the Peace and upon 

 conviction, shall be fined not less than 

 ten dollars, nor more thiin twenty-five 

 dollars. 



Section .5. After inspecting, working 

 with, or handling infected hives, or 

 fixtures, or handling di.seased bees, the 

 inspector, or other person shall, before 

 leaving the premises or proceeding to 

 any other apiary, thorouchly disinfect 

 his own person and clothing, and shall 

 see that any assistant or assistants 

 with him have also thoroughly disin- 

 fepted their clothing and person. 



Section (5. The inspector shall have 

 full power in his discretion to order 

 any owner or possessor of bees, dwell- 

 ing in box-hives in apiaries where the 

 disease exists (being mere lioxes with- 

 out frames) to transfer such bees to 

 movable frame hives within a specified 

 time, and in default of such transfer, 

 the same shall become unlawful and 

 the inspector may destroy, or order for 

 destruction of such box-hives and the 

 bees dwelling therein as a public nui- 

 sance. 



Section 7. Should any owner of, or 

 keeper of, or other person having dis- 

 eased bees, or their larvae, or of any 

 affected hives or combs, appliances or 

 utensils for bee-keeping, sell or barter, 

 or give away the same, or allow the 

 same or any part thereof to be moved, 

 such person shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor and upon conviction, such 

 person shall be fined not less than ten 

 dollars, nor more than tw^enty-five dol- 

 lars. 



Section 8. Should any person, whose 

 bees have been destroyed or treated for 

 foul brood, sell, or offer for sale, any 

 bees, hives or appurtenances of any 

 kind, after such destruction or treat- 

 ment, and before being authorized by 

 the inspector to do so, or should he ex- 

 pose in his bee-yard or elsewhere, any 

 infected comb, or other infected thing, 

 or conceal the fact that such disease 

 exists among his bees, such person 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction such person shall be 

 fined not less than ten dollars, nor 

 more than twent.v-five dollars. 



Section 9. If any owner or keeper 

 of bees knows of, or after being noti- 

 fied by the county bee inspector, that 



