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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Copy of a petition sent out to 1,200 bee-keepers in the State- 

 turned to the Secretary during the year 1910. 



-to be re- 



We, the undersigners, most earnestly petition the 47th General 



Assembly to enact the following: 



A BILL 



For .m act providing for the appointment of a State Inspector of Apiaries, 

 and prescribing his powers and duties. 



Whereas, The disease Icnown as foul 

 brood exists to a very considerable ex- 

 tent in various portions of this State, 

 which, if left to itself, will soon ex- 

 terminate the honey bees; and. 



Whereas, The work done by an in- 

 dividual bee-keeper or by a State In- 

 spector is useless so long as the 

 official is not given authority to inspect 

 and, if need be, to destroy the disease 

 when found; and, 



Whereas, There is a great loss to 

 the bee-keeprs and fruit-growers of 

 the State each year by the devastating 

 ravages of foul 'brood: 



Section 1. Be It enacted by the Peo- 

 ple of the State of Illinois, represented 

 in the General Assembly: That the 

 Governor shall appoint, a State In- 

 spector of Apiaries, who shall hold his 

 office for the term of two years, and 

 until his successor is appointed and 

 qualified, and who may appoint one or 

 more assistants, as needed, to carry on 

 the inspection under his supervision. 



Sec. 2. Said Inspector shall, when 

 notified of the existence of foul brood, 

 or any other contagious or infectious 

 disease among apiaries, examine all 

 such as are so reported, and all others 

 in the same locality, and ascertain 

 whether or not such disease exists, and, 

 if satisfied of its existence, shall give 

 the owner or the person who has the 

 care of such apiaries full instructions 

 as to the manner of treating them. In 

 case ;the owner of a diseased apiary 



shall refuse to treat his bees as di- 

 rected, then the said Inspector may 

 treat them at the owner's expense, or 

 iburn the diseased colonies, or their 

 combs, as in his judgment seems best 

 to prevent the spread of the disease. 



Sec. 3. The Inspector shall, on or 

 before 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 

 number of those diseased and treated; 

 the number of colonies of bees de- 

 stroyed, and the expense incurred in 

 the performance of his duties. Said In- 

 spector shall receive $4.00 for each day 

 actually and necessarily spent in the 

 performance of his duties, and be re- 

 imbursed for the money expended by 

 him in defraying his expenses, out of 

 the appropriation made to the Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association; pro- 

 vided, that the total expenditure for 

 such purposes shall not exceed $600.00 

 per year. 



Sec. 4. Any owner of a diseased 

 apiary or appliances taken therefrom, 

 who shall sell, barter or give away any 

 such apiary, appliance, queens or bees 

 from suoh 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 dollars nor more than one hoindred 

 dollars. 



