BEES IN SHANNON.

Shannon News, 15 June 1923, Page 2

BEES IN SHANNON.

(To the 'Editor’.) Sir,—Pleafsie allow nig once more a column in your interesting paper in answer toi one who "Signs himself as. “De Profundis” (which means when translated, “out of the depths”), but who its not man enough to sign his name. I must say, as''db a great many others, that there- is not a particle of common sense in one line of his wat-He.i words. There is not one of Mr Gnnnwahl’s neighbours who are against his valued industry. We all sa.v : Most decidedly let Mr Grumwald go on with his good work, as he is doing at Moutoa. All we are asking of him is to remove his bees (if he is sure they are his bees, and are bees, and not wasps or blowflies) to a more suitable and fit place for bee-fanning, in-

stead of a, small backyard, where they are a source of great annoyance to all, close neighbours, who are> not out of the depths. Our worthy “De Profun r dis" is well out of his" depth in this matter, and has no cause to complain oi the bees being a, nuisance to him. He ’should get. busy, lilie the little bees, and help our industrious Mr Grumwald to remove them, instead of hindering him. i must say his own imagination took leave of his senses,

when he asked how did we know they were Mr Grumwald’ s bees? And were we sure they were bees. Such ridiculous nonsense would not enter the minds of little children, whom, we -are Irving to protect, ais they are- worth more to the country than all the bees in New Zealand could ever he. Seeing there are <so many little children round this vicinity, s urely we are entitled to some consideration on the part of the councillors of Shannon, for they are, we know, up against bee-farming in so small an. aire'a. It is two:years now since a complaint was sent "in to the Shannon Borough Council, signed by

r:_. - fit gilt of Mr Grtim Wald’s close neighbours. out at Moutoai liis bee-liives are about 12 chain away from . the nearest house and there are no complaints. Now may I correct Mr “De Profundis” in statement ' to other people’s back yards, amd-wjhik keeping of 160 cows mi one-sixth of , an acre.' I should like him to try ii! for a change, but which is far removed i from our argument in question. He I is not a very observant person, and ] afraid to come out in the open, and so j

ashamed of his name, that "one can hardly wonder that he sets up a. howl when the right-minded people want -the bees removed. Let me add in eonelusion,. Mr Editor, that the backyards in this locality can. bear comparison and are open for inspection at any time iaind do not hold contributions Tor the rubbish tip, a:s does perhaps our neighbour’s “De Profundis.”. Thanking you for your valuable space, Mr Editor, I am, etc., M. A. EAGLE. (Not “Mr Eagle” as stated by “De Profundis.”)