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"Bee-expert" means any person skilled in 

 apiculture appointed by law to carry 

 out tie provisions of this Act with 

 regard to the examination of bees, 

 beehiTes, or combs alleged to be dis- 

 eased, and the ordering of measures 

 to be taken with respect to diseased 

 bees, hives, and combs, by the owner 

 or other duly^authorlsed person. 



"Hive" shall mean any box, basket, skep, 

 barrel, or any other receptacle in 

 which bees are domiciled. 



"Colony of bees" means the number of 

 bees confined in any hive. 



3. For the purposes of this Act there 

 shall be appointed by the 'Governor one or 

 more bee-experts to carry out the duties 

 hereinafter set forth. 



4. After the passing of this Act it shall 

 not be lawful for any beekeeper knowingly 

 to keep or allow to be kept upon his pre- 

 mises any colonies of bees infected with 

 "foul-brood" or other contagious bee dis- 

 ease, without taking the proper means 

 desci-lbed In the first 'Schedule to cure such 

 disease; and if, for more than seven days 

 aftei" becoming aware that any bees on his 

 premises are affected with contagious dis- 

 ease, he shall neglect to destroy by fire or 

 to take the proper measures to cure such 

 disease, he shall be liable to a fine not 

 exceeding forty shillings. 



5. If, in any locality where colonies of 

 bees are kept within six miles Of other 

 domesticated bees thpre is reason to sus- 

 pect that any such bees in such colonies are 

 diseased, it shall be lawful for any two 

 beekeepers to send in writing a notice to 

 the owner of such colonies, and require 

 liim to satisfy them by any reasonable 

 means that bis bees are free from disease, 

 or otherwise that he has taken measures to 

 eradicate the disease by destroying the in- 

 fected hives, bees, and comb, or otherwise 

 by treating them by one of the modes de- 

 scribed in the First Schedule. A copy of 

 Such notice shall be forwarded at the same 

 time by the complainants, accompanied by 

 their names and addresses to the nearest 

 Magistrate. 



6. On receipt of such notice the owner of 

 such bees of which complaint has been 

 made, shall forthwith take steps to satisfy 

 the complainants by whom the notice was 

 sent, either by allowing them to inspect 

 the suspected bees, combs, and hives, or 

 by other reasonable means, that the said 

 bees, combs, and hives are free from <lis- 

 ease, or that he has taken the proper 

 measures to eradicate the disease if the 

 same exists. 



7. If after the expiration of three days 

 from receipt of the notice the keeper of 

 the suspected colonies neglects to reply to 

 the notice, or if, having replied, he fail to 

 satisfy the senders of the notice as set 

 forth in the preceding clause, it shall be 

 lawful for them to complain In writing to 

 the nearest Magistrate, repoi-ting such neg- 

 lect, a copy of such complaint being at the 

 same time sent to the offending beekeeper; 

 and on receipt of such complaint the said 

 ■Magistrate shall, without delay, instruct 

 a constable to accompany the complainants, 

 and with them to enter upon the premises 

 of the offending beekeeper, and then and 

 there to require him to open such hives and 



expose such com,bs as the said complainants 

 may direct; and, in case of his refusal, to 

 authorise the said complainants themselves 

 to open and examine such hives and combs 

 as they may deem necessary. 



8. If after such inspection the said com- 

 plainants shall be satisflea or or suspect 

 the existence of disease in all or any of 

 the hives so inspected, the constable shall 

 'require the said beekeeper, or, in case of 

 his refusal, the said complainants, to cut 

 out from each suspected hive a portion of 

 comb not exceeding six inches square, 

 and to place each portion or portions of 

 comb in separate tin cases or boxes, mark- 

 ing the same with a legible mark corre- 

 sponding to a mark placed upon the re- 

 spective hives from which the portions of 

 comb were taken, and then and there 

 to seal such case or box, and to deliver the 

 same thus packed and sealed to the con- 

 stable for transmission to the nearest ex- 

 pert, together with a document signed and 

 in the form set forth in the Second 

 'Schedule; also, the cost of carriage, and the 

 payment of the expert's fee as hereinafter 

 provided for. Provided always that if the 

 keeper of the infected bees shall, in the 

 opinion of the complainants, take sufficient 

 steps to destroy by fire the suspected hives, 

 combs, and bees, then It shall be unneces- 

 sary to send the suspected combs to the 

 bee-expert, as above described. 



9. On receipt of a parcel of comb for ex- 

 amination, the bee-expert shall examine the 

 same without delay, and if, in his opinion, 

 the comb is infected with contagious disease, 

 or if it be free from disease, he shall notify 

 the fact in writing forthwith to the com- 

 plaining beekeepers, as also to the con- 

 stable; and shall transmit ■with such noti- 

 fication directions as to the steps to be taken 

 with respect to the colony or colonies of 

 bees from which the combs were taken; and 

 upon the receipt of such notification from 

 the bee-expert, the constable shall notify 

 the keeper of the infected or suspected 

 bees of the result of the examination, and 

 require him. within three days, to carry out 

 the instructions of the bee-expert to the 

 satisfaction of the complaining beekeepers; 

 and, in case he shall fail to carry out such 

 instructions within the time specified to the 

 satisfaction of the complainants, they shall 

 report such default to the nearest Magis- 

 trate, who shall direct a constable to accom- 

 pany the said com'plainants to the premises 

 of the keeper of the infected colonies of 

 bees, and shall authorise such constable to 

 carry out the instructions of the bee-expert, 

 and in such latter case the offending bee- 

 keeper shall defray all the costs of the ex- 

 amination by the bee-expert, and for the loss 

 of time and other reasonable expenses in- 

 curred by the complaining beekeepers or 

 such constable. 



10. If the offending beekeeper shall wil 

 fully obstruct the carrying out of the in- 

 structions of the bee-expert, he shall he 

 liable to a fine not exceeding twenty shil- 

 lings for each infected hive. 



11. The fee payable to the bee-expert for 

 examination of one sample of comb shall be 

 five shillings, and for other samples sent 

 from the same apiary, at the 'Same time, one 

 shilling for each additional sample. 



