1930 Canada Ontario registration of apiary (honey)

Government registration of an apiary located in Burgessville Ontario (southeast of Woodstock and west of Otterville).

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

Certification that Annie B. Coulas Burgessville Rt. 2 has complied with the provisions of the Foulbreed  Act, 1925....Registration for the year ending December 31 1930...1 Apiary for which the fee of $1.00 has been received

May 1930

Provincial Apiarist Guelph  Ontario

The Foulbrood Act, 1925 was a provincial law regulating beekeeping to prevent and control American Foulbrood, a highly destructive bacterial disease affecting honeybee colonies.

To protect agriculture, the province:

• required mandatory registration of all apiaries
• required annual inspection by a provincial apiarist
• issued certificates confirming compliance
• allowed inspectors to order destruction of infected hives

Folded into three vertically

14 ½ x 22 cm