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(a) By bees from healthy colonies robbing the hives of diseased 

 colonies. ''.:,';; 



(Jo) By the bee keeper feeding honey from diseased colonies, as in 

 the case of feeding for winter stoies in the colder parts of the mainland. 



(c) By the accidental feeding of honey from diseased colonies, 

 which has been extracted and sold in bottles or other containers. (This 

 applies to partly empty honey bottles or cans which may be thrown out 

 carelessly where bees can gain access to them). 



(d) . By the introduction of queens taken from apiaries in which 

 disease is present and which are shipped in cages stocked with candy 

 made from infected honey. 



It will be obvious from the local conditions that (b) does not apply 

 to the Hawaiian islands. It is doubtless true also that (a) does not 

 apply 



3 Means of preventing the introduction, of disease to the Hawaiian 

 iifands.— As an immediate action, it is desirable that all queens which 

 are shipped to the Territory be removed from the cages in which they 

 arrive and be introduced to colonies frcm a clean cage containing candy 

 made from honey free from disease organisms. This precaution, which 

 is a very simple operation, will be a very good assurance that disease 

 will r^t be brought to your islands with imported queens. 



It IB a ,..,.. all ucbiibijie uiat uo honey of any kind thall be shipped 

 to your islands unless it comes from healthy colonies and is accom- 

 panied by a certificate of a qualified inspector of apiaries that such 

 is the case. This precaution is of much more importance than those 

 against infection through importation of queens. The bee keeper who 

 imports queens would probably soon recognize disease if it appeared in 

 a colony containing a choice imported queen, but if disease is brought 

 in with honey it might gain a strong foothold before its discovery 



On September 3, 1910, the legislative assembly of Porto Rico 

 in special session approved Act No. 60, to prevent the introduction 

 into Porto Rico of plant and insect diseases, and for other 

 purposes. Said act, section 5, provides: "That no bee comb, 

 larvae, pupae, or bees, shall be brought into Porto Rico from any- 

 other place; Provided that queen bees accompanied by not more 

 than thirty (30) worker bees and vpithout bee comb containing 

 eggs, larvae, pupae, or bees, may be introduced therein in mail- 

 ing cages, or small boxes". 



