The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-30
HONEY BEES IN
NEW YORK |. | |. CITY c
Apiary Of Iwenty-sevet a Hives.
Nowiii Operatioii!to Test Prac-
ticability 81 Scheme.
LOUD HoWLs or COMPLAINT
Many People Sting and Are De
clari1ig New Industry to
Be Nuisance. III

In Il list of the Industries of New York,
great, complex ana inclusive rs such .
list must be, one would hardly think Of
Including the raising OF bees and the
harvesting OF honey as. ono or them. Yet
ut an early meeting or tho health officials
they will be confronted With the prob
lem OF deciding whether or not bee hives
arc IL nuisance Iii Il city or this size. ig y
For demonstrating purposes, SO the off,
flcers OF the company declare, an aplary
or p hives Is In opera ton III EVesey street,
7, ls g eandy,factory. nearby where
to their daily life and Il winter store Of
honey The young women OF the factory
and the OCCUPANTS Of office buildings N
fines int in the Id lux feW l mentIEis Tint tho.
howl OF complaint has reached tho head
quarters Of tho Health Department.
In several other parts Of the city NINA
though there Is probably no big. city
where fewer flowers are to be found
than in this mountain Of asphalt brick,
steel frames ana cobblesi thS r,, bees seem m
honey Is said to be equal to that OF the
ordinary country hive.
New York bees lose none, Of the In
stncts iof their kind, and the most
troublesome Of these for the city jewellers
| is the nip with which they sting when
disturbed, and the Unborn habit OF swarm
ling. a5i u fSr VI y! y 3E5a lsle tE6..
|5@it was not many weeks ago tina It one Of
the downtown stations of the Sixth Ave-
nue. Elevated Road was put out OF COM
mission because hive Of bees had set
tied upon t$ us q desirable place 70
swslrin. Hurrying along with the usual
Manhattan rush, the first visitors to the
station ran .into 1.-The mes t Of things and
r,estrea ted WITHOUT e even waiting 70 say
Naturally u crowd altered and fou ~
much amusement in watching needless
ones rush up he&stailrway 70 catch The,
next express only to hasten down again.
swinging their arms about their faces as
though u flock Of steEjonlyia from New
Orleans was after them. IT was said, ut
the time that this particular swarm OF.
bees hud been blown across the North
River from Jersey. but In view OF tile
nun her of hives since discovered In the
heart OF the city this statement 49, open
to doubt. n I ID. t.st @
thistle or&nettle, the poison Of the wrong
kind or Ivy and kindred trials are not TO
DO expected in the most crowded city IN
tho land. Shall the sting OF the pee. be
added to tho other nutsances OF New
York life? Such d prospect. is not. part o.
ulurly encouraging when one reads IN
tho news dIspa tchcs from Indiana that
two 8nntive-born Hooslers have been stung
to denth on a country road. me ahver,a1se
electric cars rubberne ok PA wagons und9
other things that rush about, Broadway
Is dangerous enough, without I he infi 4,
! ton or bees. II the hope Of the Health
Department order fails one must re-
! err In tho Yves t believes that he has bred.
! a stingloss bee. Perhaps the Tnmmany
Aldcrmen will pass an ordinance pro
hbiting any other kind tnough,nas. th ,,at
take sufficient ntercst.-New York Trl-
J buue,