ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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A BILL 



For an act providing for the appointment of a State Inspector 

 Apiaries, and prescribing his powers and duties. 



of 



Whereas, The disease known as foul 

 brood exists to a very considerable ex- 

 tent in various portions of this State, 

 which if left to itself will soon extermi- 

 nate the honey bees; and, 



Whereas, The work done by an indi- 

 vidual bee-keeper or by a State Inspec- 

 tor is useless so long as the official is 

 not given authority to inspect and if 

 need be destroy the disease when found, 

 and, 



Whereas, There is a great loss to the 

 bee-keepers and fruit-growers of the 

 State each year by the devastating rav- 

 ages of foul brood : 



Section i. Be it enacted by the Peo- 

 ple of the State of Illinois, represented 

 in the General Assembly: That the 

 Governor, by and with the advice and 

 consent of the Senate, shall appoint a 

 State Inspector of Apiaries, who shall 

 hold his office for the term of two years 

 and until his sucessor is appointed and 

 qualified. 



Sec. 2. Said Inspector shall, when 

 notified of the existence of the disease 

 known as foul brood among apiaries, 

 examine all such as are so reported and 

 all others in the same locality and as- 

 certain whether or not such disease ex- 

 ists, and if satisfied of its existence, shall 

 give the owner or the person who has 

 the care of such apiaries full instructions I 



as to the manner of treating them. In 

 case the owner of a diseased apiary 

 shall refuse to treat his bees or allow 

 them to be treated as directed by the 

 said Inspector, then the said Inspector 

 may burn all the colonies and all the 

 combs necessary to prevent the spread 

 of the disease, provided, said Inspector 

 shall, before burning, give one day's no- 

 tice to the owner or other person who 

 has the care of the colonies of bees 

 and comb, that in his judgment should 

 be burned. 



Sec. 3. The Inspector shall, on or be- 

 fore the second Monday of December in 

 each calendar year, make a report to 

 the Governor and also to the Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association stating 

 the number of apiaries visited, the num- 

 ber of those diseased and treated, the 

 number of colonies of bees destroyed, 

 and of the expense incurred in the. per- 

 formance of his duty. 



Sec. 4. Any owner of a diseasea 

 apiary or appliances taken therefrom, 

 who shall sell, barter, or give away any 

 such apiary, appliance, or bees from 

 such apiary, expose other bees to the 

 danger of contracting such disease, or 

 refuse to allow the Inspector of Apiaries 

 to inspect such apiary, or appliances, 

 shall be fined not less than fifty dol- 

 lars nor more than one hundred dollars. 



A BILL 



For an Act to prevent the Spraying of Fruit Bloom. 



Whereas, The mutual -interests of the 

 Fruit-Growers and the Bee-Keepers of 

 the State make it imperative that fruit- 

 bloom be first fertilized and then pro- 

 tected by spraying, from the injury of 

 insects that prey upon and destroy the 

 fruit; and, 



Whereas, The fruit-bloom is largely 

 fertilized by the bees, which should not 

 be poisoned by misunderstood and mis- 

 applied use of tree spraying; and, 



Whereas, Fruit - trees should be 

 sprayed when the fruit is forming, and 

 not until after the bloom has been fer- 

 tilized by the bees and otherwise; arid. 



Whereas, There is much danger to 

 the health of the consumer of honey 

 made from nectar of blossoms poisoned 



by the spraying compounds: 



Section i. Be it enacted by the Peo- 

 ple of the State of Illinois, represented 

 in the General Assembly: That it shall 

 be unlawful for any one to spray fruit- 

 bloom with any poisoning compound that 

 may endanger the life of the honey-bees 

 that feed upon the nectar of such bloom, 

 or the health of those who eat the honey 

 produced therefrom. 



Section 2. Any person violating the 

 provision of this Act shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be 

 fined not less than Ten, nor more than 

 Fifty Dollars, for each offence, and it is 

 hereby made the duty of the State's At- 

 torney of the several counties of this 

 State to enforce this Act, and prose- 

 cute all cases brought under this Act. 



