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While good results often come through this system local in- 
fluences often result in inferior service. Serious charges have 
been made in some cases of inspectors using the authority of the 
office to remove other bee-keepers from coveted territory and 
the destruction of healthy bees through jealousy. While the 
county system is better than none at all it is a general rule that 
police regulations are better enforced through a State or national 
administration than through a local one. 
Colorado Plan.—In Colorado the State and county plans are 
combined. There is a State appropriation administered by an 
inspector appointed by the State entomologist. The county 
boards also have authority to appoint local inspectors as in Cali- 
fornia. In this State the combined forces work together with 
good results. The general supervision of the State inspector 
has a tendency to check abuses that might arise through a purely 
local administration of the office, while the county official has 
the advantage of being near at hand and able to give prompt 
attention to reported cases. 
Restrictions of Shipment.—Several States have laws that 
prohibit the shipment or bringing of bees into the State without 
a certificate of health signed by some duly authorized inspector. 
The difficulty with such provisions lies in the fact that men often 
come from other States who are unfamiliar with the Jaw, and 
bees are brought in without the knowledge of the State officials. 
Burden on Common Carrier.—In Iowa the burden is placed 
on the common carrier by the following enactment: 
Section 1. Diseased Bees.—lt shall be unlawful for any person, 
firm, or corporation to bring into, or cause to be brought into the State 
of lowa, any apiary or honey bees infected with foul brood or other infec- 
tious disease, or bee destroying insects. 
See. 2. Certificate of Health.No common carrier shall accept colonies 
of bees for delivery at Iowa points unless the said bees be accompanied 
by a certificate of health signed by some duly authorized State or govern- 
ment inspector. 
Sec. 3. Violation—Penalty—Any person convicted of a violation of 
this act shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than 
one hundred dollars, 
