8 EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN. 
Section 9. It shall be the duty of any one keeping bees in the Sta 
of Michigan, to deeply bury combs and frames taken from disea 
colonies, in places where they shall remain undisturbed, unless th 
be placed in tight receptacles so constructed that it shall be impossib 
for bees to gain access to combs, or for honey or any other liquid t 
leak out where bees can gain access to it. Anyone knowingly expo 
ing comb, honey, frames, quilts, empty hives, covers or bottom-board 
or tools or other appliances contaminated by infected material frou 
the same, from diseased colonies, shall on conviction thereof, be punish 
ed by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dol 
lars: Provided, That the wax may be rendered in such place or a 
such time that no bees will be able to gain access to the comb before i 
is thoroughly heated, or at any time to the liquids expressed in th 
process of rendering. - 
Section 10. All colonies of bees and all nuclei which is brought int 
the State of Michigan from other states or from other countries, not aq 
companied by a certificate of health from the official inspector of th 
place from whence they came, shall be reported immediately to th 
State inspector of apiaries, and such colonies or nuclei shall be npert 
ed by him at such time as is expedient. Failure to report such import 
tion of bees shall, on conviction thereof, be punishable by aefine of no 
less than one dollar for each colony or nucleus. 
Section 11. The State inspector of apiaries shall receive such con 
pensation as the State board of agriculture shall determine, and sai 
inspector shall render annual reports to the State board of sagricultur 
giving the number of apiaries visited, the number of diseased apiari 
found, the number of colonies treated, also the number of colonies de 
stroyed, and the expense incurred in the performance of his duty. H 
shall also keep a careful record of the localities where the disease ex 
ists, but this record shall not be public, but may be consulted with th 
consent of the inspector of apiaries. a ; 
Section 12. For the purpose of carrying out the’ provisions of thi 
act, there is hereby appropriated out of the moneys in the State treas 
ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars pe 
annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and all moneys a 
propriated under this act, or so much thereof as may be necessary t 
carry out its provisions, shall be expended by the inspector of apiarie 
under the direction of the State board of agriculture, and the ree 
shall be drawn from the treasury upon presentation of proper oh 
cates of said board to the auditor general, and his warrant to 
reasurer. en “ , 
eo 13. Act number sixty-six of the Public . Acts of mtr a 
hundred one and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repealed. . ; hots iw oF 
