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disease, said owner shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less 

 than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 



Sec. 5. For the enforcement of the provisions of this act, the 

 state inspector of apiaries or his duly authorized assistants shall have 

 access, ingress, or egress to all apiaries or places where bees are kept; 

 and any person or persons who shall resist, impede, or hinder in any 

 way the inspector of apiaries in the discharge of his duties under the 

 provisions of this act shall on conviction be fined not less than ten 

 nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence. 



Sec. 6. After inspecting infected hives or fixtures or handling 

 diseased bees, the inspector or his assistant shall, before leaving the 

 premises or proceeding to any other apiary, thoroughly disinfect any 

 portion of his person and clothing and any tools or appliances used 

 by him which have come in contact with infected material, and shall 

 see that any assistant or assistants with him have likewise thoroughly 

 disinfected their persons and clothing and any tools and implements 

 used by them. 



Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of any person in the State of Rhode 

 Island engaged in the rearing of queen-bees for sale, to use honey in 

 the making of candy for use in mailing-cages, which has been boiled 

 for at least thirty minutes. Any such person engaged in the rearing of 

 queen-bees shall have his queen-rearing apiary or apiaries inspected 

 at least twice during each summer season; and on the discovery 

 of the existence of any disease which is infectious or contagious in 

 its nature, and injurious to bees in their egg, larval, pupal, or adult 

 stage, said person shall at once cease to ship queen-bees from such 

 diseased apiary until the inspector of apiaries shall declare the said 

 apiary free from all disease. On complaint of the inspector of 

 apiaries, or of any five bee keepers in the state, that said bee keeper 

 engaged in the rearing of queens is violating the provisions of this 

 section, he shall, on conviction, be Hable to a fine of not less than 

 twenty-five nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars. 



Sec. 8. The inspector of apiaries shall make annual reports to the 

 state board of agriculture giving the number of apiaries visited, the 



