49 
APIARY LAW 
Chapter 50, Acts of 1911 
House Bill No. 70 
AN ACT to suppress infectious and contagious diseases of bees; to 
provide for an inspector of apiaries, to define his powers and 
duties, and to define certain misdemeanors and provide punish- 
ment therefor. 
Supervision of State Board of Entomology 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State 
of Tennessee, That within thirty days from the passage of this Act, 
the Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint a duly qualified and 
competent Inspector of Apiaries whose duties it shall be to inspect the 
bees of the State, as prescribed in this Act; and such Inspector of 
Apiaries shall act under the authority and supervision of the State 
Board of Entomology. 
Inspections 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That upon receiving information 
from any source, of the existence of disease in any apiary in the State, 
the Inspector of Apiaries shall examine such apiary, and all others 
in the same locality, and shall ascertain whether or not the disease 
known as Foul Brood, or any other disease which is infectious or con- 
tagious in its nature, and injurious to honey bees, exists in such 
apiaries and shall designate each colony and apiary which he finds 
infected, and shall notify the owner or person in charge of such bees 
thereof; and the owner or person in charge of such bees shall at once 
practically and in good faith, apply, and thereafter fully carry out up- 
on such diseased bees, such treatment, as may have been prescribed 
by the Inspector for such cases; and shall also thoroughly disinfect, to 
the satisfaction of the Inspector, all ‘bee hives, combs, honey and ap- 
paratus used in connection with such diseased bees; or the said owner 
or person in charge may, at his election, utterly destroy by fire all 
such infected bees, hives, combs, honey and apparatus, 
Authority of Inspector 
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Inspector of Apiaries 
or his deputy or assistant shall have the right to enter the premises 
of any beekeeper where bees are kept, and inspect such bees, and 
any person resisting or refusing to allow such inspection, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished 
by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars. 
Treatment of Diseased Apiaries 
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That any owner or keeper of bees 
who shall be notified by the Inspector of Apiaries, that Foul Brood 
or any other infectious or contagious disease exists in any of the 
hives in his apiary, and who shall within ten days from the time of 
receiving such notification fail or refuse to treat or destroy such 
bees, hives, combs, or appliances, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars, 
nor more than twenty-five dollars. 
Sale of Infected Bees 
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall know- 
ingly sell, give away, or offer for sale, or who shall expose in his 
apiary or elsewhere, any infected bees, hives, combs, honey or other 
infected thing, or shall conceal the fact that Foul Brood or other 
