Rebecca Spawn wrote:
 
>   I was wondering, where do people living in town keep their hives?
>I hope to move somewhere outside of town, however currently I live
>within city limits and doubt my neighbors would appreciate it if I
>put hives in my backyard.
 
   Now that varroa mites have killed most feral colonies in the U.S.,
backyard gardeners in urban areas often find they have no fruit set.  By
contacting your neighbors and pointing out the benefits of having a bee
colony nearby, you might just find that they would welcome the chance to
get a fruit crop again.
 
   Be sure, as someone else posted, that you have some screening to force
the bees to fly up before they leave the yard.
 
                                                        Adrian
 
Adrian M. Wenner                         (805) 893-2838 (UCSB office)
Ecol., Evol., & Marine Biology           (805) 893-8062  (UCSB FAX)
Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara           (805) 963-8508 (home office & FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA  93106
 
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