> I'm looking for urban bee keepers, especially folks with hives in town and
>in cities. I am the environmental writer for The Detroit News (and a
>prospective bee keeper) and I'd like to hear some comments/tips on dealing
>with city ordinances, neighbors, pesticides, etc. Feel free to respond
>directly or through BEE-L.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Paige St. John
>Environment Writer
>The Detroit News
>313/222-2751
 
   I've been keeping bees in Atlanta off and on now for about
3 years. The problems I've encountered have been nothing special;
I've taken care to make sure my hives are well within my property lines
and situated so that flight paths do not interfere with neighbors,
have kept relatively quiet about the hives' existence, and have
found no regulations prohibiting beekeeping in city limits. WRT
the latter, indeed I found considerable support for beekeeping
within the regulatory arena; many of the extension agencies are
keenly aware of the decline in feral bee populations and are actively
encouraging the keeping of bees within cities (!).
 
   Jeff Murray