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Louisburg woman ordered to give up backyard bees

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The Honey Bee is a part of Wildlife,a part of nature that is everywhere,free to go and come or stay and leave.They are not caged,fenced in or contained in any way.Honey Bees travel 2 miles and more from their hives gathering pollen and nector,this makes it inpossible to own them.The size yard you have matters not to the Honey Bee for its 2 mile or better range is the size of it's yard.-----Thank You All--The Bee Lady

pwalker47
February 16, 2012 8:25 a.m.

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>>Just a note: the entire width of her property is only 75 ft, so the hive is at most about 35 ft from her neighbor ....

She could simply elevate the hive about 48 feet. That would put the hives about 75 feet away, assuming the post was in the center of the yard.

quaten
February 15, 2012 6:52 p.m.

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This lady should be praised, not punished.

The people who complained should be punished for their rank stupidity and selfishness.

JohnnyMcRonny
February 15, 2012 5:55 p.m.

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Bees have rights too.

Sherlock
February 15, 2012 4:03 p.m.

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Bees in highly populated areas are not a good idea. There are many people within our population that are allergic to bee stings. One sting can kill allergic people. During certain phases of the bees cycle, they can become very defensive and will swarm. In an urban setting its more likely to have encounters with humans during this cycle. Think of a curious small child, or curious pets. I don't live in Louisburg, but the ordinance seems to be only asking for a 75ft buffer from the property lines. I thinks its a common sense issue and a well written ordinance. Is this not the same lady that had like 50 chickens on her lot, and had issues with that also??

mustangyts
February 15, 2012 11:04 a.m.

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The neighbors benefit from her honey bees being there. Let her keep her bees. She isn't hurting anything. If anything, she is helping the community thrive. Not only are her honey bees pollinating her garden, they are pollinating the neighbors at no extra charge and she is contributing to the economy by selling the honey. It's a dumb ordinance. Change it, ignore it but let the bees stay.

dldobbins
February 15, 2012 10:21 a.m.

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I'd gladly take the hives off her hands to add to my collection.

Hammerhead
February 15, 2012 10:12 a.m.

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The American Honey Bee is dying off at an extinction level rate and these /politicians/ are NOT helping.

No Honey Bees... No food for humans. Period.

cherokee43v6
February 15, 2012 10:07 a.m.

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"which was there first?? that's all i gotta say"

Then you do understand how laws work. If the city changes a speed limit on a road, do you have to follow the new speed limit or do you get to drive as fast as you want because you started using that road years ago?

When a new law goes on the books, you have to start following it going forward. The police can't go back and arrest you for "speeding" 2 years ago, but they sure can pull you over for speeding today.

bill0
February 15, 2012 10:03 a.m.

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which was there first?? that's all i gotta say

smegma
February 15, 2012 9:48 a.m.

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