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PART III.— ACTS AND REGULATIONS. 



THE APIARIES ACT, 1908. [ 



I. (i.) The Short Title of this Act is the Apiaries Act, 1908. 



(2.) This Act is a consolidation of the enactments mentioned in the Schedule 

 hereto [the Apiaries Act, 1907], and with respect to those enactments the follow- 

 ing provisions shall apply : — 



(a.) All Orders in Council, appointments, notices, directions, and generally all 

 acts of authority which originated under the said enactments, and are 

 subsisting or in force on the coming into operation of this Act, shall 

 enure for the purposes of this Act as fully and effectually as if they 

 had originated under the corresponding provisions of this Act, and 

 accordingly shall, where necessary, be deemed to have so originated. 

 (b.) All matters and proceedings commenced under the said enactments, and 

 pending or in progress on the coming into operation of this Act, may 

 be continued, completed, and enforced under this Act. 



2. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, — 

 " Apiary " means any place where bees are kept : 



" Beekeeper " means any person who keeps bees or allows the same to be 



kept upon any land occupied by him : 

 "Disease" means foul -brood {Bacillus alvei and Bacillus larvae), bee-moths 



(Galleria mellonella and Achroea grizzella), and any other diseases or 



pests from time to time declared by the Governor in Council to be 



diseases within the meaning of this Act : 

 "Frame hive "means a hive . containing movable frames in which the 



combs are buUt, and which may be readily removed from the hive 



for examination : 

 " Inspector " means any person appointed by the Governor as an Inspector 



under this Act. 



3. Every beekeeper in whose apiary any disease appears shall, within seven 

 days after first becoming aware of its presence, send written notice thereof to the 

 Secretary for Agriculture -at Wellington, or to any Inspector of Stock. 



4. The Governor may from time to time appoint Inspectors and other officers 

 to carry out the provisions of this Act. 



5. Any Inspector may enter upon any premises or buildings for the purpose 

 of examining any bees, hives, or bee appliances, and if the same are found to be 

 infected with disease he shall direct the beekeeper to forthwith take such measures 

 as may be necessary to cure the disease ; or, if in the opinion of the Inspector the 

 disease is too fully developed to be cured, he may direct the beekeeper within a 

 specified time to destroy by fire the bees, hives, and appliances so infected, or such 

 portions thereof as the Inspector deems necessary. 



6. In any case in which it is found by an Inspector that the bee-combs in any 

 hive cannot, without cutting, be separately and readily removed from the hive 

 for examination, he may direct the beekeeper to transfer the bees to a new frame 

 hive within a specified time. 



7. (i.) Every direction by an Inspector shall be in writing under his hand, 

 and shall be either delivered to the beekeeper personally or sent to him by regis- 

 tered letter addressed to him at his last known place of abode. 



(2.) Every such direction shall be faithfully complied with by the beekeeper 

 to whom it is addressed, and, in default of compliance within the time specified, 

 the Inspector may within one month destroy or cause to be destroyed bv fire, at 

 the expense of the beekeeper, any bees, hives, and appliances found to be' infected 

 with disease. 



8. No beekeeper shall — 



(a.) Keep or allow to be kept upon any land occupied by him any bees, bee- 

 combs, hives, or appliances known by him to be infected by disease, 

 • without immediately taking the proper steps to cure the disease ; or 



(b.) Sell, barter, or give away any bees or appliances from an apiary known 

 by him to be infected by disease. 



9- No beekeeper shall keep or knowingly allow to be kept on any land occu- 

 pied by him any bees except in a properly constructed frame hive. 



10. Every person is liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds who— I 



(a.) Obstructs an Inspector in the exercise of his duties under this Act or 

 refuses to destroy or to permit the destruction of infected bees and 

 appliances : 



