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Pres. York — It would be preferable, I think. There were 

 four I think who raised their hands. 



Mr. Wilcox — How many have an opinion concerning the 

 subject and know anything about it? 



Pres. York — Do you mean how many have tried it? 



Mr. Wilcox — Yes. 



Pres. York — How many have tried shook-swarming ? 

 Raise your hands. (About 10 responded.) 



Pres. York — How many think it is preferable to all other 

 methods. Raise your hand? (One responded.) 



LAWS ON BEE-KEEPING. 



"In what respect does the law of Cook County differ from 

 the State laws relative to bee-keeping?" 



Pres. York — Does anybody know of any different law in 

 this county from any other county in the State? 



Mr. Moore — There are no laws in Illinois except State 

 laws which are applicable to every county in the State. There 

 are no County laws. 



- Pres. York — Are there any ordinances in the City of Chi- 

 cago relating to bees or bee-keeping? 



Mr. Moore — There have been ordinances made in certain 

 places in the State against keeping bees within certain limits. 



Mr. Pease — We have in the ordinances of the City of Chi- 

 cago, an ordinance that bee-keepers do not care to discuss very 

 much, as a rule. It is still one of the ordinances. It is to 

 this effect, prohibiting the keeping of bees within 200 feet of 

 a public highway or alley. That ordinance is still in effect 

 although it has never been enforced. There has been no liti- 

 gation on the subject whatever. There has been considerable 

 controversy among some of the bee-keepers of Cook County 

 to have that ordinance repealed. As to the legality of it, it 

 is a question as to whether it would be sustained or not. It is 

 in a measure conflicting with the State Laws as being rather 

 class legislation, and there has been a strong inclination on 

 the part of many of the bee-keepers of Cook County to have 

 that ordinance repealed. Philadelphia had a similar ordinance 

 which was taken into Court and contested and carried to the 

 Supreme Court of the State and there found unconstitutional. 

 I suppose that is what is referred to by this question. 



Mr. Moore — I am certainly instructed by the gentleman's 

 authority, which I take for granted is correct, that there is 

 an ordinance in Chicago on keeping bees within certain limits, 

 but it has given us so little trouble that we didn't know there 

 was such a thing. It would take $500 or $1,000 to wipe it 

 off the statute book. No legislation of that sort is going to 

 give us any trouble either now or in the future, judging by 

 the amount of bother it has been in the past ; it might as well 

 stay there, as there has been no attempt made to enforce it. 



Mr. Abbott — I am not a lawyer, but whenever there is 

 any specification regarding keeping bees a certain distance 

 from any place I pay no attention to it whatever. It cannot 

 be enforced in any State in this Union. That belongs to the 



