Michael,
        Here in Orange County, California, the bee laws are NOT
reasonable.  Every city within OC has a local law that prohits the keeping
of bees.  The only place you can keep bees legally is in the small bits of
unincorporated county land.
        Sort of like keeping ferrets;  it's illegal for no good reason, so
people ignore the law.
 
        Rich
 
On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Michael Reddell wrote:
> What city do you live in that has banned beekeeping?
> I'm in Gilroy CA, and we got such a law in 1995.
> It was brought on by a guy who had chickens running loose, roosting on
> cars, crowing at 3 A.M., getting in traffic and creating a general
> nuisance.  The city fathers passed a blanket law listing specific livestock
> and honey bees.
> The local bee association (at http://www.hotcity.com/~bees) is researching
> the background of the law in preparation to try to get it changed.
> One thing we are doing is collecting examples of reasonable beekeeping
> ordinances to present as evidence.  Obviously, we'll steer clear of your
> city's ordinance!
> Michael
>
> At 03:26 AM 1/16/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >Reply-to:      Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
> >From:          wd6esz <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >Kathy, Thanks for your suggested explanations.  Yes, she was marked. When I
> >said "unusual color", I was referring to the MARK that made me notice her
> >coming in for a landing.  And I ruled out that she was a new marked queen
> >because there were no other queens in the hive. And if it was a mating
> >flight, it seems she wouldn't be very successsful this time of year because
> >I'm in an urban area where beekeeping is illegal.
> >
> >Rich
> >
> >
> Michael
>