LAWS RELATING TO BEES 
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Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, 
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 
L entucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachu¬ 
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, 
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New 
Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Ok¬ 
lahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode 
Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, 
Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Vir¬ 
ginia. Somewhat similar laws exist in New 
Zealand, some States in Australia, Ontario, 
Ireland, and parts of Europe. The bee¬ 
keepers in several other States are now agi¬ 
tating the passage of bee-disease laws. 
These laws may be divided into two 
groups—those in which the work is done 
by men employed by the State, and those 
in which the county authorities appoint in¬ 
spectors for the county only. Of these the 
work by the State officers has proven much 
more effective. In States where the coun¬ 
ties are small, as in the East, county in¬ 
spection is practically of no value. 
In California the county plan for in¬ 
spection has given fairly good results. The 
counties are very large, some of them as 
large as or larger than some States in the 
East. However, it has been felt that the 
State ought to have one general State Bee 
Inspector or State Bee Adviser, so that the 
work of the various counties would corre¬ 
late a little better than it does now. 
The chief weakness in county inspection 
is the lack of co-operation among the in¬ 
spectors in neighboring counties. The dif¬ 
ferences in the ordinances or laws neces¬ 
sarily make inspection in one county more 
rigid than in another. In some cases, there 
is not only a lack of co-operation, but too 
often a jealousy between the various bee 
inspectors. In California this could be 
remedied by having a State Apiarist who 
might have more or less of a supervision 
of the various inspectors or bee advisers of 
the various counties. Where the States are 
smaller and likewise the counties, the 
scheme of county inspection has proven to 
be a failure. 
Practically all laws in force, whether 
State or county, provide for inspection of 
apiaries; penalties for resisting the en¬ 
trance of the inspector on the premises; 
penalties for failing to comply with in¬ 
structions for treatment if the hives are 
found to be diseased, and penalties for 
selling or bartering bees, hives, or appli¬ 
ances before the apiary has been pro¬ 
nounced free of disease. Usually addi¬ 
tional provision is made for more than one 
inspection of queen-rearing yards. This is 
very wise as they might spread infection 
far and wide. 
The Minnesota foul-brood law, based on 
the one in Wisconsin, is one of the best, 
and is here given as one of the best in force. 
APIARY INSPECTION LAW OP MINNESOTA. 
47323. State Inspector — Deputies.—There 
shall be appointed by the governor a prac¬ 
tical apiarist to be the State inspector of 
apiaries, who shall hold office two years or 
until his successor qualities, and who shall 
have power within the limitations set out in 
section 12 [4734] of this act to appoint dep¬ 
uty inspectors as they may be required in 
the interest of time, economy or in emer¬ 
gency for inspection and treatment of api¬ 
aries in different parts of the State. The 
term inspector when used in this act in¬ 
cludes deputy inspector unless otherwise 
specified. Vacancies in the office of State 
inspector of apiaries shall be filled for the 
unexpired term in the manner above pre¬ 
scribed for original appointment. 
4724. Duty of Inspector.—It shall be the 
duty of the State inspector to aid the de¬ 
velopment of the bee and honey industry 
and to adopt proper measures for the pre¬ 
vention and suppression of contagious dis¬ 
eases and infectious diseases among bees. 
4725. Powers and Duties.—The State in¬ 
spector shall have authority at his discre¬ 
tion to visit and examine personally or by 
deputy any apiary for the purpose of ascer¬ 
taining the existence, or the treatment or 
destruction of any disease among bees or 
brood; and for this or any other purpose 
within the scope of this act he may enter 
upon private property. When notified of 
the probable existence of contagious or in¬ 
fectious disease of bees or brood in any 
apiary he shall visit and examine said api¬ 
ary personally or by deputy as he shall deem 
most expedient within thirty (30) days from 
receipt of said notice. Wherever any con¬ 
tagious or infectious disease of bees or 
brood shall be found the inspector shall in¬ 
spect all apiaries within a radius of three 
miles of said apiary of which he is able to 
learn by diligence. After inspecting any 
apiaries or appurtenances thereof of bees or 
brood in which contagious or infectious dis¬ 
ease has been found he shall thoroughly dis¬ 
infect every portion of his person and cloth¬ 
ing and every tool and appliance used by 
him that may have been in contact with in¬ 
fected material, and shall cause every assist¬ 
ant with him to do likewise. No person shall 
refuse to assist in the inspection and in the 
