BEES IN SHANNON.

Shannon News, 8 June 1923, Page 3

BEES IN SHANNON.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —May I have a little space in your valuable paper to express my feelings as regards the bee nuisance. In reading over the “Shannon News” (last issue) I happened to read a small column sent in, by A. J. Grumwald. May I contradict a few statements made by him., which read that bees had never been, known, to havfe stewed peiairs for dinner. I myself have had the same experience a|s my neighbour (Mr C. Veale), when stewing fruit. On many occasions I have had to shut the doors and windows to kelep the bees from swarming into the house in thousands, and then some have made their way in under the door. Again, only just about four weeks ago I was making some-lemon and orange jam, I had to close doors and windows to keep the bees out, for just at ai certain time of the year, they are jolly thankful for a feed of stewed pears for dinner, or any other sweetmeat, one may be stewing. Anyone can imagine wha,t a. post, and nuisance they are to the neighbours "when there are about 160 hives of bees on one-sixth of an ache, but to realise it, one has only to be in the yards or on the premise's of people living near Mr Grumfwald’s bees in the summer time to know what, a real nuisance they are, and T ate well as others think it. is time something way done to remove the frontble. During the last summer months miy little children were stung on many occasions. " Now the by-laws have been passed, why doi not the councillors see to It, that the bees are removed without any further delay?—l am, etc.,

ML A. EAGLE