COLORADO. 187 
shall hold his office during the pleasure of the court, and until his successor is 
appointed and qualified. 
Sec. 3. Every bee keeper or other person who shall be aware of the existence 
of foul brood, either in his own apiary or elsewhere, shall immediately notify 
the county inspector of bees, if there be cne, and if not, the secretary of the 
Colorado State Ree Keepers’ Association, of the existence of such disease, and 
in default of so doing shall, on summary conviction before a justice of the 
peace, be liable to a fine of five doilars and costs. 
Sec. 4. On receiving notice from any source of the existence, in any apiary in 
his county, of the disease known as foul brood, or any other infectious or con- 
tagious disease of bees, the county inspector of bees shall forthwith inspect each 
colony of bees and all hives, implements and apparatus, honey and supplies on 
hand or used in connection with such apiary, or otherwise distinctly designate 
each colony and apiary which he believes infected, and notify the owner or 
person in charge of said bees thereof, in writing or otherwise, and the owners 
of said bees, or person in charge thereof, shall, within five days thereafter, 
practically and in good faith apply and thereafter fully and effectually carry 
out to and upon such diseased colonies such treatment as may have been pre- 
scribed by the Colorado State Bee Keepers’ Association for such cases; also 
thoroughly disinfect, to the satisfaction of such inspector, all hives, bee houses, 
combs, honey, and apparatus that have been used in connection with any such 
diseased colonies; or, at. his election, the said owner or person in charge of such 
bees may, within the same time, utterly and completely destroy said bees. 
hives, house, comb houses, honey, and apparatus by tre, or bury the same in 
the ground with a covering of not less than two feet of earth. 
Sec. 5. After inspecting infected hives or fixtures, or handling diseased bees, 
the inspector shall, before leaving the premises or proceeding to any other 
apiary, thoroughly disinfect his own person and clothing, and shall see that any 
assistant or assistants with him have also thoroughly disinfected their person 
and clothing. 
Sec. 6. The inspector shall have full power, in his discretion, to order any 
owner or possessor of bees dwelling in box hives in apiaries where the disease 
exists (being mere boxes without frames) to transfer such bees to movable 
frame hives within a specified time, and in default of such transfer the in- 
spector may destroy, or order the destruction of, such box hives and the bees 
dwelling therein. 
Sec. 7. Should the owner or possessor of diseased colonies of bees, or any por- 
tion of said colonies, be they queens or workers, or of any affected appliances of 
bee keeping, knowingly sell or barter, or give away, or move or allow to be 
moved, such diseased colonies, or portion of colonies, or infected appliances, he 
shall, on conviction before any justice of the peace, be liable to a fine of not 
less than $50 nor more than $100, or to imprisonment in the county jail for any 
term not exceeding two months. 
Sec. 8. Should any person whese bees have been destroyed or treated for foul 
brood sell, or offer for sale, any bees, hives, or appurtenances of any kind, after 
such destruction or treatment, and before being authorized by the inspector to 
do so, or should he expose, in his bee yard or elsewhere, any infected comb 
honey, or other infected thing, or conceal the fact that said disease exists among 
his bees, he shall, on conviction before a justice of the peace, be liable to a fine 
of not less than $20 nor more than $50, or to imprisonment in the county jail for 
a term not exceeding two months and not less than one month. 
Sec. 9. When an owner or possessor of bees shall disobey the directions of 
the said inspector, a justice of the peace may, upon the complaint of the said 
