Sec. 22-90. Inspection of bees for contagious diseases.
Sec. 22-90. Inspection of bees for contagious diseases. The State Entomologist
shall, to such extent as he deems necessary or expedient, examine apiaries and quarantine
such as are diseased and treat or destroy cases of the disease known as foul brood. The
State Entomologist may appoint such inspectors as he deems necessary or expedient,
and he or any person whom he appoints for that purpose shall have access at reasonable
times to any apiary or place where bees are kept or where honeycomb and appliances
are stored. He is authorized to make suitable regulations regarding inspections and quarantine and to prescribe suitable forms for permanent records which shall be on file and
open to public inspection, and to make reasonable rules for the services of such inspectors, and may pay a reasonable sum for such services. No person or corporation shall
remove bees under quarantine to another locality without obtaining the written permission of an authorized inspector. No person or transportation company shall receive for
transportation any colony or package of bees, unless such colony or package is accompanied by a certificate of good health, furnished by an authorized inspector. No person or
transportation company shall deliver any colony or package of bees brought from any
other country, province, state or territory unless accompanied by a certificate of health
furnished by an authorized inspector of such country, province, state or territory. Any
person or transportation company receiving a shipment of bees from without the state,
unaccompanied by such certificate, shall, before delivering such shipment to its consignee, notify the State Entomologist and hold such shipment until inspected by an
authorized inspector. If contagious diseases are found therein, such shipment shall be
returned to the consignor or delivered to an authorized inspector of this state for treatment
or destruction, provided the requirements of this section shall not apply to shipments
of brood comb, with or without bees, suspected of being diseased and consigned to
the State Entomologist, the agricultural experiment station or any authorized apiary
inspector of the state or to the Bureau of Entomology of the United States or the United
States Department of Agriculture, and provided there shall be no destruction of any
shipment of bees as herein provided in the absence of reasonable notice to the consignee
thereof. No person shall resist or hinder the State Entomologist, or any inspector whom
he appoints, in the performance of the duties imposed by this section. No person or
corporation shall sell, to be removed to another location, bees, brood comb, frames or
hives that have been in use, with or without combs, until they have been inspected by
an authorized inspector, who shall issue a certificate of health if they are found free of
contagious disease. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined
not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3257; 1949, S. 1774d.)