TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE

Shannon News, 19 June 1923, Page 2

TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE

(To the Editor.) :sir —ln the last issue of your paper I saw a letter signed “M. A. iaxgie uuu with your kma permission l would like m i to in an, leuer <*.> i uuim n io only right that the public ol Shannon 'should know the true state oj. <ufan., annul tms matter. 1 also want to put Mr Eagle right about a few things that apparently he does not understand.

in the first place abuse is no argument and if your correspondent were to abuse me for a week the point at issue would be stil ltlie same. Then the seems to get very annoyed as I did not sign my real name.. I thought the reason would be obvious to the simplest, minds, it is a case of safety first with me, and I was afraid il the bee-opponents knew me too well they would tiy to exile me from the district, the same as they want to do to Mr Grumwald and his bees. In any case Mr Eagle should know that many people use a pseudonym. Your correspondent saiys “All we are asking him is to remove his’bees.” is he writing for all the people of Shannon or just lor himself; this is important. He says it is .ridiculous nonsense when 1 asked have he knew it was Mr Grunuvaid’s ;bees he saw coming in under his door. It is nothing of the sort; it is a very sensible question and I ask it now again: ‘‘How did you know; are his bees different, to other bees in .Shannon?” 1 am quite satisfied that Mr Grumwald's bees are no nuisance or annoyance to anybody in Shannon. I once knew a man who burned his clock because the ticking of it annoyed him. iWhat would the ’bees have done to him,. Anyone looking for things to get annoyed about fn-"Shan-non will get plenty of them. For instance they could get very annoyed at a cats’ concert, on the roof at midnight or the dogs barking at the moon, or the rooster answering the call of a. distant rival, or many other things, but they will' have to put up with tb era, the same as we Wave to- put up with Mr Grumwald’s bees.

Why dpn’t they leave the poor man QJ .*cl his bees alone, and" buy some of Ins honey. He has a very useful industry. i think, it would be as reasonable to- ask to have any other business man, or his business shifted out ol the district, as Mr Grumwald and his business..

And again, suppose you did compel M r Grumwald to shift his bees outside the Borough, for the loye of Mike, wlia,t guarantee, will you have that they will not return to gather honev Loin the beautiful flower gardens in Shannon. I take it that the bees are no nuisance while in the hive, they go where they please when they leave .the hive.

And let me tell the objectors to the busy bees that the councillors of Shannon are men of steady clear vision and discretion, who have read and studied ancient and modern history and they know right through the ages up to the present da.y individuals and numbers of people , have at times given way to hysterical outbursts (not Avith regard to bees of course). it was heresy hunting, witch hunting, etc., in those days; but it was from the same reason, as the present day intolerance, and as I said before our knoAV this qnd that is probably the reason that they took no notice of the complaint which is said to have been sent ini two years ago. [ will conclude by wishing Mr Grumwald every success Avith his industry and my advice to others l s to he tolerant and broadminded. Live and let live. Them’s my sentiments.—] am, etc.,

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