BEES A.S A NUISANCE. 



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BEES ON SHARES. 



to watcli developments. We found thivt the 

 lilankets helped very materially, as they pro- 

 tected the animals from the onslaught of 

 bees around their backs and necks where 

 they could not brush or switch them off. 

 Our neighbor did not think it was necessary 

 to put the mosquito- netting over the heads, 

 as he said his horses did not mind bees on 

 the face, as they could be brushed off on the 

 lore-legs. With these large blankets the 

 horses went up and down the rows with 

 very little trouble. 



We found upon investigation that the bees 

 were not disposed to l)e cross, but in going 

 to and from the fields in search of honey 

 they were interrupted in their flight. The 

 switching of the tails of the horses angered 

 them with the result as stated. 



But suppose your neighbor is unreasona- 

 ble and ugly, and he brings suit for dam- 

 ages ; or suppose that your bees are located 

 in a city or village, and that the town coun- 

 cil has declared your bees a nuisance. 



Do not move tlie bees if you have used 

 reasonable precaution, but write at once to 

 the Manager of the National Bee-keepers' 

 Association, whose address will be found by 

 writing to any bee-journal or the publishers 

 of this work. If you are a member of the 

 Association you wdll be entitled to protec- 

 tion, and possibly all or apart of the court 

 expenses will be paid by the organization. 

 The Association does not undertake to de- 

 fend its members against criminal careless- 

 ness of such a kind as we have already de- 

 scribed ; but w^hen the bee-keeper has exer- 

 cised every precaution, then it endeavors to 

 protect his rights. This means that you 

 sliould become a member before you get into 

 trouble. The annual fee for membership 

 and protection is $1.00. 



Well, we will say the attorneys have been 

 retained, and the Association is back of 

 you. Any number of decisions have been 

 handed down to prove that bees are not a 

 nuisance per se; that, wlien they are proper- 

 ly keiit, and due precautions are used, they 

 can not be driven out of the corporation. 

 There are several precedents from various 

 courts, even from the Supreme Court of Ar- 

 kansas, to show^ that bees have the right to 

 1)6 kept within a coiporation like any other 

 live stock, so that any ordinance not in con- 

 formity with these decisions can be declared 

 unconstitutional. Several ordinances de- 

 claring bees to be a nuisance have been re- 

 pealed. See Dkcisioks, under head of Laws 

 Relating to Bees, found elsewhere in its 

 alphabetical order. 



BEES, CROSS. See Angek of Bees. 

 BEES, HANDLING. See Frames, Ma- 

 nipulating ; also Exhibits. 



BEES ON SHARES. In some local- 

 ities, notably in California, Colorado, and 

 the great West, bees are often kept on 

 shares. While this method of doing busi- 

 ness has usually been conducted quite suc- 

 cessfully and satisfactorily to both parties, 

 yet nevertheless many disputes and trou- 

 bles have arisen, perhaps because there was 

 a lack of contract ; or if there was one there 

 was nothing in it to cover the point in dis- 

 pute. 



The following form of contract was very 

 carefully drawn by an attorney, and it is 

 hoped will meet every condition. 



articles or agreement. 



This Agreement, made and entered into at , 



this day of , 190—, by and between 



of , party of tlie first part, and liereinaftcr 



called the owner, and , of , party of the 



second part, and liereinafter called the employee. 



Witnessetlt : first, that said owner has agreed, and 

 in consideration of the covenants and agreements 

 herein contained and to be performed by said 

 employee, does hereby agree to provide a good loca- 

 tion for keeping bees, at or near , and furnish 



and put thereon, on or before the day of , 



190—, not less than colonies of healthy bees, 



and then and thereafter at such times as needed 

 dui-ing the continuance of this contract, to provide 

 and furnish at his own cost and expense, all hives, 

 tools, implements, machinery, and buildings neces- 

 sary to enable said employee to carry on success- 

 fully the business of producing and securing honey 

 and wax from said bees; and further to pay one-half 

 of the cost and expense of all sections, cans, bottles, 

 shipping-cases, and packages that may be required 

 to put the honey and wax into marketable shape; 

 and in case it shall be necessary to feed said bees, to 

 provide and furnisli feeders and the sugar for mak- 

 ing the syrup; and said owner further agrees to 

 give and deliver on the said premises, to said 

 employee, as and for his compensation for labor 

 done and provided by him in cai-ing for said bees 

 and securing lioney and wax. the full one-half of all 

 marketable honey and wax produced by and secured 

 from said bees. 



Second: In consideration of the above covenants 



and agreements, the said , employee, hereby 



agrees to enter the employ of said owner on said 



day of , 19—, and at once care for said 



bees in a proper manner; do, perfoi-m, and provide 

 all labor necessary to carry on successfully the busi- 

 ness of producing and securing honey and wax ready 

 for market; pay one-half the cost and expense of all 

 sections, cans, bottles, shipping-cases, and packages 

 tliat may be required to put the honey and wax into 

 marketable sliape; feed the bees, wlien necessary 

 tliat they shall be fed, and deliver on the premises to 

 the said owner the full one-lialf of all the market- 

 able honey and wax produced and secured from 

 said bees, and to accept the remaining half as and 

 for his full compensation for labor done and pro- 

 vided by him in the care of said bees and the produc- 

 tion and securing of honey and wax. 



