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not many to do they may be suspended in empty hives about 1 in. apart, 

 and the latter piled one on the other, taking care that the junctions of the 

 boxes are made smoke-tight by pasting a strip of paper round them. The 

 top box of the pile should contain no frames. Into this place an old iron 

 saucepan containing live wood-embers, and on to these throw a couple of 

 handfuls of sulphur, close the cover securely, and keep closed for a couple 

 of days. In a large apiary it is best to have a small room fitted up for 

 the purpose. Two or three pounds of sulphur will be sufficient for a large 



THE APIARIES ACT. 



The following is a digest of the Apiaries Act which came into force on 

 the 14th September, 1907 :— 



lyXERPRETATiOX. 



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



" Apiary " means any place where bees are kept : 



" Beekeeper " 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 larvae), 



bee-moths [Galleria mellonella and Achrcea grizeUa), 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. 



Beekeeper to give Notice of Disease. 



3. Every beekeeper 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. 



Powers of Inspectors. 



5. Any Inspector may enter upon any premises or buildings for the pur- 

 pose of examining any bees, hives, or bee appliances, and if the same are found 

 to be infected with disease he shall direct the beekeeper to forthwith take 

 such measures as may be necessary to cure the disease ; or, if in the opinion 

 of the Inspector the disease is too fully developed to be cured, he may direct 

 the beekeeper within a specified time to destroy by fire the bees, hives, and 

 appliances so infected, or such portions thereof as the Inspector deems 

 necessary. 



