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exported: Provided, That such adult honeybees may be imported into the United 
States for experimental or scientific purposes by the United States Department of 
Agriculture: And provided further, That such adult honeybees may be imported into 
the United States from countries in which the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine 
that no diseases dangerous to adult honeybees exist, under rules and regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Agriculture. 
Sec. 2. That any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished 
by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both 
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 
Chairman M. C. Tanouary: The next paper is by E. F. Phillips. 
ISLE-OF-WIGHT DISEASE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 
By E. F. Phillips, Washington, D. C. 
(Withdrawn for publication elsewhere) 
Chairman M. C. Tanquary: These two papers are now open for 
discussion. 
Miss Morse : Would the bee die before you knew what was the matter 
with it, if it had these mites in it? 
Mr. E. F. Phillips: It is difficult to answer that question because 
the symptoms of arsenical poisoning, bee paralysis and other diseases 
to which the bee is heir, are identical. With the Isle-of-Wight disease 
there is more of a tendency for the bee to crawl than with the others. 
We are anxious to have suspicious bees sent to the Bureau of Ento¬ 
mology for observation. In 1921 and 1922 beekeepers sent bees to us 
from all over the country, and in all cases they were found to be free of 
the mites. So the hope is getting stronger every day that we do not 
have it. 
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After the approval of this law, about which you all know, on August 
31, it became necessary to give attention to what countries should be 
exempted from the operation of the law under its provisions, and what 
method should be used for permitting importation of bees. I have 
■drawn up some material here which is not intended for publication, but 
it is some proposed regulations, which would not interfere unduly with 
beekeeping but would provide all the safeguards intended by the law. 
I will read these and I want you to understand that we should be de- 
