GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jak. 



think is not fully correct. The law of Ohio supposes 

 that all domestic animals, commonly understood not 

 to be dangerous or injurious in running at large, 

 does not make the owner liable for damage for acci- 

 dental injury from such animal; but if the owner 

 knows that any animal owned by him is inclined to 

 mischief, he becomes liable for the damage; or if he 

 keeps a bear, or any animal generally supposed to be 

 dangerous, the owner becomes liable for all dam- 

 ages by such animal's running at large; also any 

 kind of animals or stock that in its very nature is 

 not within the control of the owner, the owner is li- 

 able for damages by such animals; but, besides this, 

 if the owner can not control his own stock (as bees), it 

 gives extra liberties to the one injured to protect him- 

 self against it; so that, so far as law is concerned, I 

 would feel comparatively safe in killing a man's 

 bees or pigeons if they injured me, rather than his 

 horses or sheep. 



HONEY-KNIVES. 



I used the Bingham & Hetherington knife the past 

 season, and, although some of our neighbors call it 

 a " trowel," I lay aside all other kinds, and use noth- 

 ing but the trowel. It throws off all the cappings so 

 nicely. R. Wilkin. 



San Buena Ventura, Cal., Dec. 11, 1880. 

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POISONING bx:e:s, and bi<:i<:s and 



GKAP£S. 



fURTHKR FACTS IN REGARD TO THE CASE GIVEN ON 

 PAGE 530, OCTOBER NO., VOL. VIII. 



MUCH interest Was been expressed, and 

 many questions have been asked, in 

 regard to this sad affair, and I have 

 waited thus far, hoping that some amicable 

 settlement of the trouble between the two 

 neighbors might be brought about. As I 

 have given but one side in the article re- 

 ferred to, I will now give both sides of the 

 matter. 



Mr. Boot:~l have been to see Mr. Krock, and 1 

 will give you the substance of what he had to say. 

 "Mr. Rosekelly, I told Klasen two years ago that his 

 bees were damaging my grape crop, and that he 

 must do something with them; but I have never 

 been bothered as much as I have this fall. My girls 

 had to wear gloves all the while they were picking, 

 and would then get stung often; and the baskets, 

 after they were filled, would have from fifty to 

 one hundred bees in them, and we could not pack 

 until night. We worked several nights all night. 

 I saw Klasen, and told him that his bees were dama- 

 ging me, and he told me that I should 'put them in 

 the pound," as I could easily tell bis bees by 'tick- 

 ling them a little behind.* " 



I then asked Krock if Klasen did not offer to pay 

 him damages. 



"No, sir; he only offered to buy a mosquito-net to 

 put over my door and windows, and that would have 

 been of no use. I first thought that I would sue 

 him for damages, but could not prove that it was his 

 bees. Then I thought I would go to the town coun- 

 cil and prove them (the bees) a nuisance; but that 

 body refused to act upon it, stating that they had 

 no right to do any thing about it. So you see that 

 the law was out of my reach; and when I went to 

 him I was met with blackguarding talk, instead of 

 his meeting me as man should meet man. I have 

 lost a third of my grapes, and if you do not believe 

 toe, ask" (he here gave me several names). I showed 



him my letter and your answer, and explained to 

 him how the poisoned sweets had drawn many bees 

 that would not otherwise have come. 



"I know that this has brought trouble upon the 

 bee-keepers, and it would not have been if he had 

 not overstocked the town, and he does not feed 

 them, and so they have to eat people's fruit. 



"I must either dig out my grapes, or the bees must 

 be moved; and as for the lawsuit, you have known 

 me from your childhood, and you never knew me to 

 have any thing of the kind, and I would like to drop 

 the case, on condition that he take away his bees." 

 Geo. Rosekelly. 



Huron, Ohio, Nov. 17, 1880. 



The following is from a mutual friend of 

 the parties : — 



Mr. A. I. Root:— At the request of my neighbor, 

 Mr. H. I. Krock, 1 take the liberty of addressing you 

 on the subject of a difficulty between him, Mr. 

 Krock, and Mr. Peter Klasen, for damage, which he, 

 Mr. Klasen, has sustained in the loss of his bees, 

 wherein he accuses Mr. Krock of poisoning them. 

 Mr. Krock emphatically denies the charge. The 

 two gentlemen are my neighbors, both of whom I 

 hold in high estimation as citizens, and am sorry to 

 see them in a dispute which must eventually be an 

 injury to both, as there are doubtless two sides to 

 the question. 



Mr. Krock commenced the cultivation of grapes 

 in this village in 1861. He now has about 1 acres un- 

 der cultivation, which is his principal revenue for 

 the support of his family. He is 64 years old, with a 

 wife and two daughters depending upon his vine- 

 yard principally, for support; so it would not do for 

 him to abandon it. He is willing to abandon all 

 claim for damage heretofore sustained in conse- 

 quence of the bees if Mr. Klasen will remove them 

 out of reach of his vineyard. It is very evident, 

 that Mr. Klasen can not prevent his bees trespassing 

 upon the grapes when they are located so near the 

 vineyard— less than half a mile. Mr. Krock says 

 that he has heretofore frequently called Mr. Klasen's 

 attention to the subject of the injury his bees were 

 doing to his grapes, but was answered in a sneering 

 and provoking manner. I can scarcely think that 

 Mr. Klasen really intended to be insulting. He 

 probably did not think how irritating his remarks 

 were. I don't think that Mr. Krock would make a 

 false statement. He says that he used Paris green 

 to poison the potato beetle, as they were destroying 

 his potatoes which were growing among his grapes. 

 When the hugs quit, he put the dish containing the 

 poison inside his packing house. When the grapes 

 began to ripen, he cleared out the packing house, 

 and the dish containing the remains of the Paris 

 green was set outside. He admits that the bees 

 may have gotten some of the poison, but if they did 

 it was accidental. I have been in Mr. Krock's vine- 

 yard, and I know that the bees were very annoying; 

 so much so that Mr. Krock dare not take his horse 

 into the vineyard. Mr. Krock wishes to avoid litiga- 

 tion, and would be glad to drop all contention, and I 

 think that Mr. Klasen would take the same view, 

 and drop the matter if some of his bee-keeping 

 friends would give him the right kind of advice. I 

 don't think that Mr. Klasen is really a bad man; but 

 when temper is up, reason leaves. 



I fear that I may have trespassed too long upon 

 your patience; but if I have, you will please excuse 

 me when you take into consideration that my ob* 



