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FLOWERS OF THE HONEY LOCUST— (Photograph by D. M. Bryant) 



fined. After demanding a change of 

 venue, because of the prejudice of the 

 mayor, that functionary again fined 

 him, denying him his constitutional 

 rights. This case was appealed to the 

 Supreme Court, which decided that the 

 City Ordinance against beekeeping was 

 illegal and void, and that the keeping 

 of bees was NOT A NUISANCE. 



"The City Council of Fort Wayne, 

 Ind., passed an ordinance against keep- 

 ing bees within the city limits. If en- 

 forced it would practically wipe out 

 beekeeping there. Such a pressure 

 was brought to bear by the beekeepers, 

 backed by the Union, that no attempt 

 is made to enforce that ordinance. 



"The 'McCormick' bill introduced 

 into the Legislature 'intending to wipe 

 apiculture out of Michigan,' as Prof. 

 Cook stated it, raised such a buzzing 

 about his ears that it was tabled on his 

 own motion and there died. 



" All the late cases against beekeep- 

 ers have been killed by reading the 

 decisions of the Supreme Court of 

 Arkansas." Thomas G. Newman. 



While the beekeepers may congratu- 

 late themselves upon the results above 

 mentioned which recognize their legal 

 rights, they should also bear in mind 

 the advice of " L'Apicoltore," on page 

 404, of our December number, " The 

 best way is that of accommodating 

 gentleness, with the observance of 

 reciprocal rights and duties as kind 

 neighbors." 



Later. — We clip the following from 

 the Chicago Herald of April .5: 



"P. W. Dunne, of 104 South Forest 

 avenue. River Forest, 111., father of 

 Gov. lidwaid F. Dunne, has six hives 

 of bees which have become a nuisance, 

 according to complaints made to the 

 village trustees and police. 



" As a result Mi. Dunne has been or- 



dered to remedy the nuisance or do 

 away with the bees. 



"C. Miske and E. F. Ligare, neigh- 

 bors, complained that the bees stung 

 their children as well as a number of 

 others during the last few days. 



" The scarcity of water, according to 

 Mr. Dunne, is the cause of the trouble, 

 He said the bees, in looking for water, 

 would attack the children. He told his 

 neighbors he was placing pans of water 

 in his yard to divert the attention of 

 the bees from the children." 



The children stung were probably 

 trying to drive the bees away from the 

 watering place. If there are other bees 

 in the vicinity, they are as likely to be 

 guilty as those of Mr. Dunne. The 

 remedy proposed to divert the atten- 



tion of the bees will be more successful 

 if the complaining neighbors will cover 

 up the water supply for a few days, 

 until the bees learn to go to another 

 spot. 



Error in Pictures. — In our April issue 

 a mistake was made in headings under 

 the cuts referring to the National meet- 

 ing in Denver. The cuts on pages 125 

 and 131 refer to the int-rior and exte- 

 rior of the exhibition room at the 

 Auditorium hotel, where the National 

 meeting was held and not to the 

 headquarters of the Colorado Honey 

 Producers' Association. 



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