The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-11
WERUM' s BEES
WILL Be MOVED
Go To Toledo When Flowers Bloom
He Tells Court and Neighbors
Are Happy Again.

William c. Werum. No. 957 Trum-
bull-ave., will move his bees rs soon
as the flowers are in full bloom. Much
10 the relief of half-dozen OF Werum' 8
neighbors, who gathered in Judge
Phelan's court Monday morning, 10 tes-
tify individually and collectively
against Werum's bees, this concession
was made.
The bee is peevish insect and
/ ates TO lie disturbed so early in
the spring. Mr. Werum declared It
! had been his intention TO move them
| long ere this, but he was hampered by
the fact that he mad no place to put
them. There are 10000 bees in the
Werum colony, and it wouldn't look
we'll to have them wandering around
the country without place to sleep.
Detective Kane testified that there
we're 10000 bees in the % Werum
hives. This census is not official. IL
is merely an estimate.
Mrs. c. f. Shirts, No. 947 Trumbull-
ave, wanted IL distinctly understood
that she had no grievance against the
Werums, but she did have a decided
objection TO the Werum bees. She
said they had most annoying habit OF
getting into her hair. More than once.
she said & was necessary for her to
nave the neighbors come in and ex-
tract bees from her head-not from
her bonnet, be 1t understood.
Moreover she declared that If the
lees were allowed TO remain in the
reighborhood all SUMNER, the children
would have 10 spena their vacations
within doors. One of her boys has
raost .inYn stigA.inT mature, 1t would
seem. RE woa,d Just as soon take
hold of a bee as not, and with bees
there Is always the inevitable conse-
quence.
I'VE have no warfare with Mrs.
Werum, but we certainly have with
those bees" declared Mrs. J. A. Walk
or, No $50 Trumbull-ave. Her testi-
mony was along the same line as that
given by Mrs. Shirts.
Vernon Coon. grocer at No. 976
Trumbull-ave. said the bees were
using his store as a morgue. Every
time a bee wanted 10 die, it would
come in the Coon store and pass away.
Usually each bee would make an ante
norton feast on all the sweets 1t
could find. 1t was nothing for Mr.
end stumble over the body OF dead
bee.
Another annoying thing. to which
ell the neighbors testified, was that
the bees simply could not let fresh
laundry alone When the linen was
Laced out on the line 10 dry, the bees
would make grand rush for II and
the washing would have TO be done all
ever again.
Werum is a peace.lovtng man and
shows every intention OF conciliatng
his nervous neighbors. He agreed TO
have the bees transplanted or trans
ported by May l.. Incidentally, he al
vised the court aad spectators of lot
of local bee statistics. He said there
we're 1852 men N Detroit who own
and opera,e bee hives Some of them
have as many as 100000 bees. lie
said that some bees have flying ra-
cius of I'VE miles. but most OF mis-
hoes confine their aviation perform
pnces TO the immediate neighborhood
That was because they were domestic
nees lie would II owe the bees sooner
re said. if it were not that the young
colonies were gathering When the
flowers are in bloom the old bees 60
out If they were moved now, the o!t
bees would be apt to fall upon the
Young bees and kill them of.
Mr. Wetums explanation and prom
Use that the bees would vacate the
PREMISES satisfied everybody and they
eft court happy.
The probable future home of the
Werum bees is Toledo. Mr. Werum
explained that he lad a postal carl
from his brotherin.law, asking when
the bees would he ready 10 he moved.