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12. In the case of any examination of 

 :suspectea comb by tbe bee-expert, bis fee, 

 and all costs attending such examination 

 and incidental to the complaint, shall be 

 payable by the complaining beekeepei's il 

 the comb or combs be reported upon as tree 

 from contagious disease; but 11 found to be 

 infected by disease, then such fee and costs 

 shall be payable by the lieeper of the 

 ■diseased bees. 



l.S. After samp(es of comb have been talien 

 from any suspected hire or hives for the 

 purpose of examination by the bee-expert, if 

 such hive or hives shall be removed or in- 

 terfered with in any manner vphatsoever by 

 .any person, or if any person shall obliterate 

 or otherwise render Illegible any olHcial 

 mark placed upon such hive or hives, save 

 and except upon the authority of the bee 

 expert, the keeper of such hive or hives 

 shall be liable to a fine not exceeding sixty 

 shillings for each hive or mark so interfered 

 with. 



14. All fines and penalties made payable 

 under this Act shall be recoverable sum- 

 marily under "The jTistices of the Peace 

 Act, 1882." 



SCHEDULES. 

 FIRST .SOHBDULE. 



In bad cases, total destruction of bees, 

 Mves, and com.bs by Are. 



In mild cases, or as a preventive, any of 

 the following remedies: — 



No. 1. Salicylic-acid, solution for mixing 

 with syrup for feeding nees. painting the 

 Interior of hives, and. spraying combs and 

 frames — Salicylic acid, loz. ; soda borax, 

 loz ; water, 4 pints. 



Medicated syrup for feeding bees affected 

 ■B-ith contagious disease; — (a) For use from 

 August to May: Ordinary table sugar or 

 ioney, 101b.; water, 7 pints; vinegar, loz.; 

 salicylic-acid solution Xo. 1. loz.; salt, loz. 

 Mix and boil for a few minutes, (b) For 

 use from May to August: Ordinary table 

 sugar or honey, 101b.; water 5 pints; vine- 

 gar, loz.; salicylic-acid solution No. 1, loz.; 

 salt, foz. Mix and boil for a few minutes. 



No. 2. Absolute Phenol: Pure phenol in 

 crystals, 12oz. ; water, 3oz. Shake well until 

 dissolved. 



No. 3 Phenol Solution: Pure phenol solu- 

 tion. No. 2, loz.; water, 1 pint. Sfiake well 

 until the oily appearance has entirely dis- 

 appeared. 



Phenolated Syrup;— For use from August 

 to May: Sugar syrup as given in recipe for 

 medicated syrup (a) (omitting salicylic-acid 

 solution No. 1), 1 pint; phenol solution No. 

 3, loz. 'For use from May to August; Sugar 

 syrup as given in recipe (b) (omitting the 

 salicylic-acid solution No. 1), 1 pint; phenol 

 solution Xo. 3, loz. 



No. 4. phenol solution for spraying bees 

 and combs: Absolute phenol solution No. 2, 

 Joz. ; water, 5 quarts. 



(Jeneral Treatment of Diseased Bees: — 

 Remove the diseased bees with their hive 

 from its position and put another hive, fBat 

 has previously been disinfected by painting 

 the interior with No. 1 solution of salicylio- 

 aeid or No. 3 solution of phenol, in its place 



Transfer the frames, combs, and bees from 

 the old hive, spray tbem with No. 1 solu- 

 tion or with No. 4 solution, and put them 

 in the new hive. Remove most or all of 

 i,heir hone.v, and feed the bees on medicated 

 or phenolated syrup until cured of disease. 

 The oij hive must be thoroughly disinfected 

 in the manner described, as also the hands, 

 and everything that h.is been in contact 

 with the diseased bees or their hive. 



SECOND SCHEDULE. 



To the Bre-expert [Here insert name 

 and address]. 



I, Constable [Here insert name and ad- 

 dress], have this day sent you [Here insert 

 number] portion or portions of combs 

 marked [Here insert marks on combs], cut 

 from hives believed to contain or have con- 

 tained diseased bees, and I desire you to 

 examine such combs and report to me and 

 to [Here insert names and addresses of com- 

 plaining beekeepers] in writing your de- 

 cision and the steps to be taken with such 

 bees, combs, and hives from which such 

 portions of com'b were taken. Fee for ex- 

 amination and report enclosed. 



I have &c., 



A.B., Constable. 



The bill was very favourably received, 

 and Mr Lawry was promised the support 

 of the Government. It was read the first 

 time, but was shelved at the end of the 

 session. The next session being the last 

 of that Parliament, Mr Lawry thought 

 it would be useless to bring it on, and as 

 we were beginning to find the drug treat- 

 ment a failure, the bill was dropped alto- 

 gether. 



In the light of later experience I have 

 often thought that it was just as well 

 it did not become law, but it was a 

 creditable effort to get control of bee dis- 

 ease in those early days. 



ADULTERATED HONEY FROM 

 AMERICA. 

 Few of the younger generation of bee- 

 keepers are aware that early in the 

 "eighties" some of the canning houses in 

 America were fiooding the markets of 

 the world with a spurious honey com- 

 posed, according to the "San Francisco 

 News Letter," of August 30, 1884, of 56 5 

 per cent of glucose, 25 per cent of water, 

 and only 15 per cent of honey. In 1886 

 it began to be sold in New Zealand, and 

 two year's later our majrkets were full of 

 it, to the detriment of the sale of pure 

 honey. The above analysis of the spuri- 

 ous honey was confirmed by Mr R. J. 

 Kendall. When on his way to New Zea- 

 land from America he visited the largest 

 canning factory in San Francisco, and 

 was shown over the works by one of 



