Vol. XIV. 



OCT. 1, 188G. 



No. 19. 



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EXPELLING BEES ' ' FROM J. INCORPO- 

 RATED TOWNS. 



PROF. COOK CONSIDERS THE MATTER. 



Bull city council is about passing an ordinance 

 c.xcluding- all l)ccs from the eoi-poralion. 

 We have perhaps' l.">7persons who keep bees, 

 and they do not have over 101 stands, all 

 told; but owins- to ig-jiorance and prejudice 

 they are about to banish all bees. We do not 

 want any trouble, and shall do all we can to keep 

 peace; but if worse jshould come^to worst, 'can you 

 frive us any lig-ht as to the leji-al points in the case ? 

 Barry, III., Sept. 14, 18Ht). ^ • H. CIFihst. 



The above was forwarded to Prof. Cook, 

 requesting that he would give us his opin- 

 ion, and especially that lie would advise in 

 regard to the matter. Below is his reyily: 



This matter of antagonism between bee-keepers 

 and those of other occnpations is surely becoming- 

 a serious one. Truly, if bet>s are a nuisance— and 

 on no other ground can they be forced [from vil- 

 lage or city— it is strange, passing strange, that we 

 —aye, the world— ha<l not found it out before.' 



We now have nearly 50 colonies of bees h(rc at 

 the college, and, as you know, Mr. Editor, we are a 

 little hamlet, and these. bees are within three rods 

 of I)r. Beal's Ijarn, andjonly two or three rods fur- 

 ther from his house; yet I^have never heard Dr. 

 Beal complain a word. Several people in Lansing 

 have bees, and I have never heard a word of com- 

 plaint. I^know.of a cityjn Michigan where two or 

 three quite large apiaries have been kept right 

 within the corporation, and yet no complaint, so 

 far as I know, has been nuide. 



We all know, that, in spring, bees may soil clothes 



hung near by an apiai-y, and we know that bees 

 may become very cross in autumn, and maj' thus 

 greatly disturb those who may either V)y chance or 

 necessity come near the bee-yard. We also know, 

 that, in times when no honey is being gathered 

 fi'om the flowers, bees may attack fruit or exposed 

 sweets in houses and stores, and tlius become 

 sometimes almost an insufl'erable annojance, es- 

 pecially to those who are unused to bees, and so 

 have a terrible dread— and .iust as terrible, even if 

 groundless— of being stung. 



I do not believe any town council will unite 

 against the bee-interest unless there is some cause. 

 Almost all our people respect any honest, legiti- 

 mate industry; and surely ours must be respected, 

 not only from its merits but from its verj' age. 



THE BEE-KEEPER'.S DUTY. 



Now it occurs to me, that each bee-keeper ought 

 to reduce these disturbing elements to the very 

 lowest minimum. In spring, why not shut the bef s 

 in on wash-days, if a near neighbor is to bo annoy- 

 ed? I know wash-day is hard enough for my wife, 

 even at best, and it would be a sore vexation to 

 her and me (for what hurts the " gude wife " hurts 

 me more), if that ring of imniaoulale white which 

 adorns our clothes-reel each Monday were to be 

 flecked with the dirty yellow which oft< n marks 

 the first flight of bees. How easy to pre\ent tl.is 

 on the pait of the bee-keepei-! Duty demands tliat 

 neglect in this shall never break the friendship of 

 neighbors. 



But how about the troubles iu fall? We all know, 

 that, if we work late in the season with hybrids, 

 or bees disposed to lie cross, in the usual way, 

 when there is no honey to gather, especially if it is 

 cold, we incite such angei- that the bei'S may not 



