The Detroit times., 1910-04-07
NE|GHBORS TIRED
OF BEING STUNG
William C. Werum's Bees Make Life
Miserable Out Trumbull- Ave Z
Many Have Tales of Woe.

Sweet as honey" may be true
enough smile in some localities, but
not in the vicinity OF Trumbull Put
nam and Merrick-ayes.. and this IN
spite Of the fact that at No. 957 Trun-
bullave., there are millions of bees
buslly making their sweet commodity,
while the neighbors are being 'stung
IN perfectly literal meaning OF the
word.
William c. Werum, painter and
decorator, who lives at the above al
dress, has fad for bees. and his
back yard Is filled with hives-to the
number of rs to be exact. Each one
of these hives. It is said. contains an
Industrious family of some $4,000
The bees have made their home IN the
Werum back yard for four years,
much TO the discomfort of the resi-
dents of the neighborhood who have
made regular protests TO their owner
and as regularly received the assur
ance that the busy little fellows with
the bitter sting would be removed lat
the proper season" These promises
have no. been kept. so as patience
had ceased TO be a virtue with the
noighbors. formal complaint against
Mr. Wcrum and the bees has been
made in the recorders court, the
hearing OF which is to come up before
Judge Phelan. Monday morning.
I'VE have nothing against Mr.. and
Mrs. Werum personally-they are per
fectly lovely people-but we just
can't stand for those bees any longer.
declared one OF the women in the
neighborhood Those bees are pub
lie nuisance and that's all there is to
il. Nearly all OF the folks in this
neighborhood own their own homes
or have lived here number OF years,
and we all feel that we have put UP
with those bees longer than most
folks would Mr. Werum has promia.
ed again and again TO take them
away. but-well, they are still here
as we all have good reason to know.
when Mrs. IS hired girl was
stung so bad that the doctor was
afraid she was going TO have blood
poisoning, we thought IL was time to
start something. Then-well, now,
III Just leave il to you-how would
you like 10 have somebody in your
family put on a nice clean white petit
coat and pretty soon feel bee
crawling up--well, your leg? YOU
like that wouldn't you? Lots Of times
my husband has found one of them
pesky bees in his night shirt and his
underclothes. They get in our clothes
when the washing hangs on the line
And as for picking flowers in the back
yard, why. you couldn't do il without
them bees sWarming all over you
And, then. in the canning season, well
you wouldn't believe IL unless you
were right here to see how them
bees would swarm into the kitchen
We daren't keep our windows open
and are scared TO let the children olt
for fear they'll get stung. Oh, yea
Mr.. and Mrs. Werum are lovely PEG
pie but they'll have to get rid OF
them bees il they want - keep OIL
being liked in this neighborhood.
Even the corner groceryman de
clares his business is seriously in
terferred with by the busy bees
which swarm in the store and not
only light on customers but on the
brown sugar. and the fruits and other
delectable things that bees prefer as
diet. Monday morning when the
hearing comes up there will be a
goodly representation of the neigh
bors In court