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Show HONEY BEES IN" THE CITY. Are Their Stings to Be Added to Nuisances Nui-sances of New York IiifcP In a list of the Industries of Now York, great, complex and Inclusive as such a list must be, ono wolud hardly think of Including the raising of bees and tho harvesting har-vesting of honey as one of them, says tho Now York Tribune. Yet at nn early meeting meet-ing of tho health officials they will bo confronted wl(h tho problem of deciding whether or not beehives aro a nulsanco In a city of (his size. For demonstrating purposes, so the officers of-ficers of the company declare, an apiary of twonl v-snvon hlvnj Is In operation In Vesey street. There Is a candy factory near by where thu bees glean tho sweetness sweet-ness necessary to their dally llfo and a winter store of honey. Tho young women of tho factory and tho occupants of ofllco buildings In the vicinity havo been stung so many times In tho last few months that the howl of complaint has reached tho headquarters of thu Health department. depart-ment. in several other parls of the city miniature minia-ture bco farms are in operation. Although there is probably no big city where fewer flowers are to bis found thnn In this mountain moun-tain of asphalt, brick, steel frames and cobbles, tho" bees see to thrive In tho me-tiopolls. me-tiopolls. Tho yield of honey Is said to be iqual to that of tho ordinary country hive. New York bees lose none of tho Instincts of (heir kind, nnd tho most troublesome of thoso for tho city dwellers Is tho nip with which they sting when disturbed and tho Inborn habit of swarming. it was not many weeks ago that one of the downtown stations of tho Sixth avenue ave-nue elevated roau was put out of commission commis-sion because of a hive of bees had settled upon it us a desirable place to swarm. Hurrying along with the usual Manhattan Manhat-tan rush, the first visitor to the station ran Into tho nest of stings and retreated without even walling to say "stung again!" Naturally a crowd gathered and found much amusement In watching heedless onus rush up the stairway to catch tho next express only to hasten down agnlu swinging their urnis about their faces as thouili a flock of Htegomyln from Now Orleans was after them. It was said, at the time that this particular swarm of bees had blown across the North river from Jersey.T't In view of tho number of hives since icovered In tho heart of the city this statement Is open to doubt. The bite of a rattler, the prick of a thistle or nettle. Iho poison of the wrong kind of Ivy and kindred trials aro not to be expected In the" most crowded city In the land. Shall tho sting of the beo be added to the other nuisances of New York life? Such a prospect Is not particularly particu-larly encouraging when ono reads In tho news dispatches from Indiana that two natlvo born I-Iooslers havo boon stung to death on a country road. Tho average citizen will declare .that with automobiles. eletSlrlc cars, rubberneck wagons and other things that rush about, Broadway Is dangerous enough without tho Infliction Inflic-tion of bees. If the hope of tho Health department order falls, one must remember remem-ber that an agricultural experimenter In tho West believes that ho had bred a stlnglesa bee. Perhaps the Tammany Aldermen will pass an ordinance prohibiting prohib-iting any other kind, though, as they aro so seldom 's'tung," they may not take sufficient interest. |