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Show tzo Inspector Named ooarri:: amc5: jjROSELYNKIRK :iMT0N - "To be or - ..,1," a bee inspector was 'jestion Davis County linl j'-iioners resolved on "HI ..jjv nhen they con- .j.iih Wilbuni Phelps, j a, to inspect the bees in 1 l iOroty lor disease. f OIIEU STOKES, ag-Q ag-Q --jiural extension ad-.. ad-.. :m. aid that every year - lie rented to pollinate ve : tees in the county. In , -;r n keep the rented bees -tiran disease, the state . squires the bees owned, keepers, in the county ile inspected so they will ::: communicate any bee :ses to the rented bees. M : county is required to i :Aa lie inspection each a: oy ciie Stale Department : '.-Hiliure. That depart-( depart-( "tr: forces the state law .:tt-!k direction of state ' -agist, John Knighton. : lakes said that the bee :sior lor ihe last three -- has indicated that he ::iwant the job so Mr. is worked with Mr. J "i'.ion to interview two Mential candidates for MELPS, who has 300 hives of his own, was selected based on his experience. The inspection fee for the period from April 1 through September Sep-tember was contracted for the sum of $1100. The commissioners commis-sioners approved the recommendation recom-mendation as suggested bv Mr. Stokes. If the inspector should find that a bee hive is deseased, that hive will be killed or dis posed of. In some cases the hive will be treated for the disease. Every hive is inspected in-spected once a year, Mr. Stokes said. If the hive is found to be diseased, the hive will be re-inspected after the disease is treated. He said any new swarm leaving a diseased hive could also carry the disease. |