CHAPTER 7. 



APIARY INSPECTION. 



(S. B. No. 169, by Senator Tobin and Mr. Skinner.) 



AN ACT 



TO ESTABLISH A DIVISION OF APIARY INSPECTION AND IN- 

 VESTIGATION UNDER THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST; TO PRO- 

 VIDE FOR INVESTIGATIONS IN BEE CULTURE AND THE IN- 

 SPECTION OP BEES FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES; TO PRO 

 VIDE FOR THE PREVENTION AND SPREAD OF BEE DISEASES; 

 TO PROVIDE FOR COUNTY APICULTURAL INSPECTORS, TO 

 PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OP BEES FROM BOX HIVES; 

 TO PROVIDE FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE POISONING OF 

 BEES BY FRUIT TREE SPRAYS; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR 

 VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO MAKE AN 

 APPROPRIATION FOR CARRYING OUT THIS ACT, AND TO RE- 

 PEAL ALL ACTS AND PARTS OP ACTS IN CONFLICT WITH 

 THIS ACT. 



Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: 



State Entomologist to inspect, deputies. 



Section 1. The State Entomologist is hereby authorized to conduct a 

 division of apiary investigation and ot inspection of bee diseases directly 

 or through a deputy, who is experienced in apiculture, the investigation 

 to cover the introduction of nectar producing plants, the agencies influ- 

 encing the secretion of nectar in plants, and such other objects as may 

 advance bee culture in Colorado. The inspection shall extend to all parts 

 of the State where bees are kept, for the prevention, eradication or con- 

 trol of bee diseases. 



County Apicultural Inspectors. 



Section 2. The persons employed under this act, aside from the 

 State Entomologist and his deputy in charge ot apiculture, shall be the 

 County Apicultural Inspectors, whose duties it shall be to carry out the 

 provisions of this act. Assistant Apicultural Inspectors working under the 

 general direction of the County Apicultural Inspectors, when necessary 

 and engaged by the Apicultural Inspectors, with the consent of the 

 County Commissioners; and helpers who shall be common laborers em- 

 ployed to aid in carrying out the provisions of this act. 



County Commissioners appoint. 



Section 3. The County Commissioners of any county when peti- 

 tioned by not less than fifteen bee keepers ot their county to appoint an 

 Apicultural Inspector, shall make such appointment as soon as possible. 



State Entomologist to examine. 



It shall be the duty of the State Entomologist to examine all per- 

 sons appointed by the County Commissioners as Apicultural Inspectors 

 ^ffi 'f^^^ound competent and fully qualified to perform the duties of the 

 office he shall issue to such applicant a license as a County Apicultural 

 «".?'«!%■ r^Vif^.l^'^ense shall certify to the competency of such applicant 

 and shall authorize him to act as County Apicultural Inspector for a 

 period of one year or until his successor has qualified. 



