CHAPTER XVI. 



THE NEW ZEALAND APIARIES ACT. 



The following is a digest of the Apiaries Act which 

 came into force on September 14th, 1907. It is the first 

 Act of the kind which prohibits the keeping of bees in 

 anything but movable frame hives. The result of this 

 provision in the diminution of foul brood throughout 

 the Dominion has exceeded all expectation. 



INTERPRETATION. 



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



"Apiary" means any place where bees are 

 kept : 



" Bee-keeper" 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 larvce), bee-moths {Galleria 

 mellonella and Achrcea grizella), 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 built, 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 bee-keeper 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. 



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