In response to  Whitney Cranshaw who wrote that bees were being objected to on grounds that it was an agricultural use:
 
Is there a Garden Club in your area?  That is an agricultural pursut.  Are there people that grow vegetables?  That is an agricultural pursut.  If they sell a few tomatoes or flowers, is that considered being in business?  If they allow vegetable gardens, they are practicing selective enforcement, in my opinion.
 
If this sounds a bit like I'm hackled up over this, it is because I am.  I've been down this road, and won.  It was not even my immediate neighbors that complained, but people from blocks away!  Some people seem to think that the only thing a person should do is have a pretty yard (don't make any noise about it though!), go to work Some Where Else, and sit in their house and watch television.  Uck!!
 
Good Luck!
Dennis Morefield
Sideline Beekeeper, Oregon, USA
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