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An Act for the Prevention of 

 Diseases Among Bees 



(Including Amendments which came into force on march 31, 1931) 



1. This Act may be known as The Bees Act, 1931. 



2. — (1) The Lieutenant-'Governor in Council, upon the recommendation of the 

 Minister of Agriculture, may from time to time appoint one or more Ins.pectors 

 of Apiaries to enforce this Act. 



(2) The Inspector shall, if so required, produce the certificate of his appointment 

 on entering upon any premises in the discharge of his duties. 



(3) The remuneration to be paid to an Inspector under this Act shall be determined 

 by order of the LieutenantnGovernor in Council, and shall ibe payable out of 

 any sum appropriated by the Legislature for the enforcement of this Act. 



2a. — (1) Every person keeping bees in the Province of Ontario shall on or before 

 the 30th day of April in every year apply to the Minister of Agriculture in 

 writing, signed toy the applicant, for a certificate of registration. 



(2) The application shall toe in such form as may toe prescribed toy the regulations 

 and shall toe accompanied by the prescribed fee for registration. 



(3) Every application shall be addressed to the Provincial Apiarist, Ontario Agri- 

 cultural College, Guelph. 



(4) Where a person commences keeping toees after the 30th day of April in any 

 year, he shall apply for a certificate of registration as hereinbefore provided 

 within ten days after coming into possession of the bees. 



(5) Every person keeping bees who neglects or refuses to comply with the pro- 

 visions of this section shall incur a penalty of not less than $6 nor more than 

 $10 and costs. 



3. — (1) The Inspector shall, whenever so directed by the Minister, visit any 

 locality in Ontario and examine any apiary to which the Minister directs him, 

 for the purpose of ascertaining if any infectious or contagious disease of bees 

 exists in such apiary. 



(2) If the Inspector finds that foul torood exists in a virulent or malignant type he 

 may immediately destroy by fire all colonies of bees so affected, together with 

 the hives occupied by them and the contents of such hives and all tainted 

 appurtenances that cannot be disinfected. 



(3) Where the Inspector, who shall be the sole judge thereof, finds that an infec- 

 tious or contagious disease, not toeing foul brood of a virulent or malignant 

 type, exists among the bees he shall give notice in writing to the beekeeper, 

 instructing him as to the treatment of such disease and stating the time 

 within which such treatment shall be given, and if at the expiration of such 

 time the diseased colonies have not been treated by the toeeke&per in accord- 

 ance with the notice, the same may be treated by the Inspector and the 

 beekeeper shall toe liable to the Inspector for all expenses incurred in such 

 treatment. 



4. The Inspector may order the owner or possessor of any bees dwelling in box 

 or immovable frame hives to transfer them to movable frame hives within a specified 

 time, and in default the Inspector may destroy or order the destruction of such hives 

 and the bees dwelling therein. 



4a. For the better prevention of foul brood, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council 

 may, on the recommendation of the Minister, declare a quarantine of bees at any 

 point within the Province and may fix the duration of such quarantine and all other 

 conditions in connection therewith, and any Inspector appointed under this Act shall 

 have full authority to inspect bees in such quarantine when directed so to do by the 

 Minister. 



5. — (1) The owner or possessor of an apiary shall not sell, barter, give away or 



