No balcony (well, a "juliet" balcony, which translates into a sliding 
door), and I don't eat honey :) Or bees, for that matter.
Hope the chicken thing catches on in more cities.

Lynnet Bannion wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:18:11 -0600, Tracy Bradley <[log in to unmask]> 
> wrote:
>
>> What would be nice also is if more cities would permit ppl to keep 
>> chickens, etc. Obviously not an option for apartment dwellers like 
>> myself, but if I had a decent backyard...
> There is actually a "chicken" movement in many smaller cities, including
> several in our area.  City dwellers are limited to small numbers of 
> hens only.
> Some local cities also allow beehives in the city.  A friend of mine 
> just got
> his swarm for his backyard hive.  The city said: bees really are wild 
> animals; we
> don't have regulations for wild animals, so you can have bees as long 
> as they are
> not a nuisance to your neighbors.
>
> Perhaps a beehive on your balcony?  If you're on the second floor or 
> above, the
> flight path would be well above passersby.  If there are flower 
> gardens nearby, the bees should have plenty of forage.
>
>     Lynnet
>