[ocba] bees and neighbors

Eva Hoke hoke0002 at notes.duke.edu
Wed May 21 12:59:38 EDT 2008


The discussion of having or not having bees in chapel Hilll/Carrboro is 
interesting to read. 
FYI: The Paris Opera house, downtown Paris, has bee hives located on the 
roof with bees that fly and pollinate all types of trees, flowers and 
shrubs in Paris and the surrounding gardens. A beekeeper maintains the 
hives and collects the honey. The honey is sold in the gift store of the 
Opera House. I bought some several years ago; it is considered a specialty 
and very expensive. Maybe we could learn from other cities. Eva



"Patrick Gannon" <beekanzi at gmail.com> 
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i ran into a similar problem in new york city.
i have a new york state license but its not legal to keep them in new york 
city. you can get a $2,000 fine. I live in a small suburb of the city so 
no big deal really.
word around town is that you are only pursued to enforce this antique law 
(that covers ferrets, caimans, hedgehogs, etc) if public complaints are 
coming in.
So, i educated my neighbors about bees and wasps (honeybees don't care 
about summer picnics but yellowjackets do..etc); had pictures of my 4yo 
daughter next to hive in local newspaper article and store ads; put wasp 
traps around my garden and showed them brimming with wasps and biting 
flies and not a single honeybee. BINGO.
don't you just shudder when people call wasps bees?
this is me
http://www.cityislandgold.com/ 
best regards
Patrick
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