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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
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