We've always lived in the burbs but had friends who were farmers, and now,
I'm in a more rural area, quicly turning into subdivisions and I keep bees.
Could never understand homeowners moving out into the country then
complaining about the noise, smell, animals or weeds.  I learned a long
time ago not to show disrespect to farmers with my mouth full.

It's a heartbreaker when the city sprayed the bees.  Do they not know
you're there?  Perhaps they could tell you want day they are spraying and
you could have stopped up the hive entrance for the day.



At 10:41 AM 12/16/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I had a whole bee yard die because the county sent their
>workers wading through my fall honey crop flowers (weeds) with backpack
>sprayers along the roadside near the yard.  When I bought land for my
>bee farm all you could see was fields and open land. Now its $250,000
>houses and people raising two kids,one horse and four or five BIG dogs.
>The wife is even making me quit leaving the keys in the trucks and
>equipment.  Guess they will be wanting me to move farther out before
>long.  Hard to move when you started with a cow pasture and built the
>place through your own sweat and hard work.