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the commissioner of agriculture and the inspection service has 
the reputation of being very effectively handled. The law is as 
follows: 
The Prevention of Discase among Bees——No person shall keep in his 
apiary any colony of bees affected with the contagious malady known as 
foul brood or black brood; and every bee-keeper when he becomes aware 
of the existence of either of such diseases among his bees, shall immediately 
notify the commissioner of agriculture of the existence of such disease. 
Duties of the Commissioner—The commissioner of agriculture shall 
immediately upon receiving notice of the existence of foul brood or black 
brood among the bees in any locality, send some competent person or per- 
sons to examine the apiary or apiaries reported to him as being affected, 
and all other apiaries in the immediate locality of the apiary or apiaries 
so reported; if foul brood or black brood is found to exist in them, the 
person or persons so sent by the commissioner of agriculture shall give the 
owners or caretakers of the diseased apiary or apiaries full instructions 
how to treat said cases. The commissioner of agriculture shall cause said 
apiary or apiaries to be visited from time to time as he may deem best 
and if, after proper treatment, the bees shall not be cured of the diseases 
known as foul brood or black brood then he may cause the same to be 
destroyed in such manner as may be necessary to prevent the spread of 
said diseases. For the purpose of enforcing this article, the commissioner 
of agriculture, his agents, employees, appointees or counsel, shall have 
access, ingress, and egress to all places where bees or honey or appliances 
used in apiaries may be, which it is believed are in any way affected with the 
said disease of foul brood or black brood or where it is believed any com- 
modity is offered or exposed for sale in violation of the provisions of this 
article. No owner or caretaker of a diseased apiary, honey, or appliances 
shall sell, barter, or give away any bees, honey, or appliances from said 
diseased apiary, which shall expose other bees to the danger of said 
diseases, nor refuse to allow the said commissioner of agriculture, or the 
person or persons appointed by him, to inspeet said apiary, honey, or 
appliances, or to do such things as the said commissioner of agriculture 
or the person or persons appointed by him shall deem necessary for the 
eradication of said diseases. Any person who disregards or violates any 
of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than thirty dollars or more than one hun- 
dred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one 
month or more than two months, or by both fine and imprisonment. 
The law above quoted confers abundant authority upon the 
inspectors without unnecessary restrictions upon their move- 
ments. If in their judgment a second visit or even a third or 
fourth is necessary they are free to make it. Most laws require 
a second visit of the inspector whether or not it seems necessary. 
Separate Departments.—Some States have a separate de- 
partment for bee inspection. The officer is designated a State 
