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  • From: Kitty Cunningham <klparmley AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Orange County Beekeepers Association" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Louisburg woman faces jail over beekeeping
  • Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:16:28 -0500

What bugs me is that they don’t appear to have talked to any actual beekeepers, or one of the states incredibly helpful extension agents before deciding how to frame the ordinance.

Results from WRAL:

Louisburg, N.C. — A Franklin County judge on Tuesday ordered a Louisburg woman to give up her backyard beehives.

Pat Walker was keeping hundreds of honey bees behind her home to help pollinate her garden and produce honey for use and sale. But she was in violation of a town ordinance stating beehives have to be at least 75 feet from a neighbor's property line. The ordinance passed in May after town staff received several complaints about the bees.

Assistant Town Manager Tony King testified on Tuesday that before the ordinance it was illegal to keep bees at all. He said the town decided to develop an ordinance when they found out that several residents had hives. Officials reviewed several ordinances from around the state before coming up with their own.

Walker was ordered to pay a $50 fine and remove the beehives from her property if she could not meet the ordinance's distance requirement within two weeks.

If she does not, she will be held in contempt of court and possibly go to jail.

 

 
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [ocba] Louisburg woman faces jail over beekeeping
 
I saw that this morning.  I can't tell if they got their bees and then the ordinance was changed or if they got the bees in spite of the ordinance.
 
I am all for civil disobedience, but if the ordinance came first, I would have tried to change it before I got the bees.

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:27 AM, David DiGiuseppe <david AT daviddg.com> wrote:
 
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