The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
TO INSPECT BEE HIVES

visions of the recently adopted bee
bill. At a called meeting of the State
Beekeepers' Association in Toppenish,
March 90, Mr.. Estey, of Toppenish
was recommended as district inspector
and a deputy will be named later for
this district. For the benefit of farm
ers who have few stands of bees and
who are probably not familiar with the
provisions of the new act, we are print
ing below the more important sections
of the law:
Section There is hereby created
and established a division of apicul-
ture in the State College of Washing
ton which shall consist of the state
entomologist and of such apiarist in
spectors as may from time to time
be appointed by the state entomologist
by and with the consent of the dean
of agriculture of the State College of
Washington. The state entomologist
shall receive no additional salary as
such but shall be paid his actual nee
essary travelling expenses incurred in
the performance of his duties under
this act.
Sec. PIT shall be the duty of the
state entomologist to give in person
and by the inspectors of his division,
lectures and field demonstrations and
hold institutes thruout the state on the
production of honey, the care of the
apiary, and kindred subjects relative
to the care of bees and the profitable
production of honey.
Sec. 1.-The state entomologist shall,
as often as he deems necessary or
when requested in writing by the own
er of an apiary or upon the written
complaint of any owner of an apiary,
make or cause to be made by an in.
spector an inspection of any apiary OF
apiaries for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether or not they are infected
with American foul BROOD" Europe
an foul brood" or any other disease
which is infectious or contagious in its
nature or injurious 70 bees in their
eggs, larvae, pupal or adult stages, and
upon such inspection if it is found that
any apiary is SO infected, the ento-
mologist, or inspector making the in
spection, shall give the owners or care
takers thereof full instructions as to
the best methods of controlling or
eradicating the infection.
Sec. .5-The state entomologist or in
spector who shall have made an in
spection, as provided in the preceding
section, shall visit all infected apiaries
a second time after ten days from the
date of any such inspection and if he
finds that the disease has not been
treated according to an approved
method, providing conditions were
such that it could so be treated, shall
burn or cause to be burned all colonies
affected by such disease and all honey
and appliances which would spread the
same, without recompense from the
state to the owner, lessee, or other per-
son interested therein.
Sec. 6-It shall he unlawful for the
owner, lessee, caretaker, or any other
person in charge of any apiary or APP
pliances wherein infectious or contag-
icus diseases exist to sell, barter, or
give away, or to move without the
consent of an inspector, any diseased
bees, either queen bees or workers or
colonies, or appliances affected with
any contagious disease, or to expose
other bees to the danger of such in
lection.
Sec. For the purpose of the en-
forcement of the provisions of this act
the state entomologist and the apiary
inspectors shall have access and in
gress to all apiaries or places where
bees are kept and it shall be unlawful
for any person to resist, impede or
hinder in any way such officer in the
discharge of his duties under the pro-
visions of this act.
Sec. st shall be the duty of the
state entomologist and of any inspec-
tor and of any other person who shall
have inspected any infected apiary or
who shall have knowingly come in con-
tact with or handled any diseased bees,
before preceding to any other apiary,
to thoroly disinfect his person and his
clothing and. any tools or appliances
used by him which shall have come in
contact with any infected material.
Sec. cit shall be unlawful for any
person engaged in the rearing of queen
bees for sale, to use any honey in the
making of candy for use in mailing
cages unless such honey has been boil
ed for at least thirty minutes, and it
shall be the duty of every person en-