Chapter 301. To regulate foreign commerce in the importation into the United States of the adult honeybee (Apis mellifica)
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CHAP. 301.— An Act To regulate foreign commerce in the importation into the United States of the adult honeybee (Apis mellifica). August 31, 1922. [[H. R. 11396](/us/bill/67/hr/11396).] [[Public, No. 293](/us/pl/67/293).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That, in order to prevent theHoneybee.Importation of adult male, prohibited. introduction and spread of diseases dangerous to the adult honeybee, the importation into the United States of the honeybee (Apis mellifica) 834Destruction or export if offered for import.in its adult stage is hereby prohibited, and all adult honeybees offered for import into the United States shall be destroyed if not *Proviso.*Allowed Department of Agriculture.immediately 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:
Admitted from country free from contagious diseases.*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. Punishment for violations. That any person who snail violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be pumshea by a fine not exceeding S500 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Approved, August 31, 1922.