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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 

 iiispector 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 law, 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. — It shall be unlawful for any person, 

 firm, or corporation to bring into, or cause to be brought into the State 

 of Iowa, any apiary or honey bees infected with foul brood or other infec- 

 tious disease, or bee destroying insects. 



Sec. 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. 



