IN DEFENCE OF BEES.

Shannon News, 12 June 1923, Page 3

IN DEFENCE OF BEES.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—ln your paper of the Bth inst I noticed ai letter signed M. A. Eagie, expressing his feelings, as he called it, regarding the bee nuisance in Shannon and after reading that letter I came to the conclusion, that it takes very little to annoy, some people. Now, Sir, in Shannon we ha,ve a veiy honest, hard-working, industrious and_ enterprising man in Mr Grumwald. He started a new industry m Shannon—that is, bee farming, and what happens? The people who have no bees set up a howl. I suppose if Mr Grum.wald was to sit on the fence all day and growl about the weather and the bad conditions in general arid have the 'weeds grow; in his garden, like other people in Shannon do, he would be alright and no complaints. In any case how does Mr Eagle know it was Mr Grumwald’s bees that came In 'under the door to get to his despair stew, or is he sure it was bees he saw in the house.

I am a near neighbour of Mr 'Grumwald’s and I have never suffered any annoyance from! his bees, in fact, I like 'to see them, about. They are always vvprking so hard to put something away' for the winter and I often thought what a pity some of the people of Shannon did not follow their example more closely. And if Mr Grumwald has 160 hives of bees, good luck to his industry and to ha,ve them, and as. far-as, being a. nuisance that, is pure imagination. In any case isn’t, a man who has 160 cows near the road a nuisance just as bad. I did not know by-laws had been passed and I am simply astounded at Mr Eagle asking the councillors to see to it that the bees are removed without further delay and I -am sure the councillors of Shannon have too much intelligence to accede to a request like this. If the councillors were to pass a by-law to have the dirty yards cleaned up and the weeds and bones and rubbish cleaned out of the jungles called gardens in Shannon we would not be pestered so much by wasps, blowflies and mosquitoes in summer. As for Mr Grumwald and his bees, I say good luck to him end let him go on with the good work. —I am, etc., DE PROFUNDIS.