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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



1. Unlawful to keep diseased bees 

 after notice by inspector. 



2. Queen reareis must have their 

 yards inspected twice a year. 



3. State Entomologist to inspect all 

 places where bees are kept. 



4. State Entomologist to notify own- 

 er of disease, give orders for treat- 

 ment and may order bees into frame 

 hives at his discretion. 



5. Unlawful to allow infected mater- 

 ial to be moved without consent of 

 inspector. 



b. Wnen destructijon of material is 

 ordered and owner questions the diag- 

 nosis, appeal may be made witiiin three 

 days. 



7. Offenders to be punished as pro- 

 vided in original act to which this is a 

 supplement. 



S. Inspector to have free access to 

 all places where bees or materials are 

 kept. 



y. $2,000 annually is set apart by 

 the State Board of Agriculture to carry 

 out the provisions of this act. 



This legislation appears to ans- 

 wer all requirements at present 

 with one exception, which is there 

 is no provision made to guard 

 against infected bees coming into 

 the state. It is believed all bees 

 coming into the state should move 

 under an inspector's certificate as 

 does nursery stock at present and 

 it would be a help if both the 

 consignor and consignee were oblig- 

 ed to notify the inspector so that 

 the bees could be watched to guard 

 against their becoming a center 

 of infection. 



The first season the deputy was 

 not appointed until July 1 and he 

 spent the remainder of the season 

 in visiting the largest yards and 

 those adjacent thereto. The work 

 was largely of an advisory char- 

 acter and no effort was made to 

 enforce the law except where in- 

 spection was resgnted. 



It was found that the list of 

 bee-keepers of the state was woeful- 

 ly incorrect and an effort was made 

 after the active inspection season 

 ended to correct this list by send- 

 ing county lists to all names listed 

 in that county and asking for cor- 

 rections and additions. These let- 

 ters did not bring the desired re- 

 sults. In October the deputy re- 

 signed. 



The present deputy was appoint- 

 ed on February 1st, 1912 and com- 

 menced a personal canvass of the 

 state in an effort to bring the list 

 of bee-keepers up to date so that 

 no time would be lost when the 

 inspection season opened in going to 

 places where bees were no longer 

 kept. 



The field work was taken up on 

 May 1st and carried on daily until 

 the second week in September, vis- 

 iting the apiaries in which the form- 

 er inspector had reported foul brood 

 and then inspecting yards where 

 disease was known to exist or was 

 strongly suspected. 



A more or less complete follow 

 up plan was followed and those who 

 did not report the disease treated 

 within a certain time were revis- 

 ited. 



It was found in a number of 

 cases that treatment had been giv- 

 en and the mailed card had failed 

 to reach the office. It was also 

 found that some would send in the 

 card signed without giving treat- 

 ment. So it will be readily seen 

 that this plan does not give the 

 hoped for results although it is 

 just possible that no other plan 

 will accomplish more until there is 

 a more general knowledge among 

 bee owners of good bee-keeping 

 practices. 



Realizing that lack of bee-keep- 

 ing knowledge is the underlying 

 reason for lack of profitable returns 

 from the bees in most cases also 

 the reason for the existence of 

 foulbrood, an effort has been made 

 to supply knowledge of the funda- 

 mental principles of good bee hus- 

 bandry by issuing a manual to all 

 bee-keepers in the state. This is 

 now in the hands of the printers. 

 While it is not expected that this 

 will be of interest to the good bee- 

 keeper, great numbers, and in fact 

 the majority of bee owners in New 

 Jersey have no practical working 

 knowledge of bee-keeping and it 

 is hoped this will be of service to 

 them. 



It has been found that a certain 

 degree of bee-keeping knowledge 

 must preceed our efforts to control 

 foulbrood and the task is hopeless 

 without this knowledge. Cases are 

 known where bees have been shak- 

 en and the shaken combs set out 

 for the bees to clean up notwith- 

 standing the printed pamphlet left 

 with the owner describing the dis- 

 eases, its method of spread and 

 treatment and a warning against us- 

 ing any infected material. 



Before starting the campaign of 

 1913 it was decided to confine the 

 work to a certain part of the state 

 and make inspection of every col- 



