Post by dorondj on Mar 13, 2020 22:06:43 GMT -7
Ok, I didn't think too much about it until I went to the car wash. I was told all of those round yellowish deposits on my car were honeybee poop. Aw, that explains all of the white boxes across the street. The new neighbors decided to become beekeepers. One hive became 5, then 20, then 75, at the last count I could see there were in excess of 140 hives/boxes. After the wash, the poop did not come off, and it stained the paint on my car. Since then I have been monitoring the bee activity across the street and documented all of the amounting bee deposits on our property. Our skylights have a mustard hue on them, the windows are all dotted with bee feces, and we can not even have furniture outside without being dumped on by bee poop. I have determined we simply can no longer enjoy ourselves or any other family activities outdoors without being literally rained on by the bee excrement from the neighbor's beehives. It has become an absolute nuisance to us and all of our other neighbors with the enormous amount of deposit of bee feces all over everything we own on our property and personal belongings. I can not park my car outside of the garage for more than 10 minutes without being bombarded by bee poop. When I try to enjoy a morning cup of coffee outside on my deck, I can watch it literally rain yellow honeybee feces on me and everything else.
We live in Clackamas County zoned RRFF5 and after extensive research, I have learned the bees do not empty their intestines on their property, it all goes out to the neighbors. Also, there are no rules, regulations, or county ordinances that govern or control how many beehives one can possess on said property. We as a neighboring community have approached the beekeepers and asked, pled, begged, and petitioned them to remove the hives because of the nuisance the bees create. We were met with "maybe you should buy car covers". From then on, we have tried negotiating with them, mediation through Clackamas County, State of Oregon Agricultural Department Mediation, etc., with no avail. They will not come to the table. The beekeepers simply do not care about how we the neighbors have to suffer. Legal avenue will result in thousands of dollars paid out by us the victim, which may not be favorable, as the honeybee is in the spotlight for sustaining life.
I think the way the beekeepers operate and conduct business under the umbrella of being protected by "right to farm" is an insult to the beekeeping industry and we the neighbors have after many attempts to resolve the issue need intervention with these people to educate them that too many bees is not healthy for everyone. If the issue continues, the neighborhood will in fact move forward with court proceedings that may result in regulations and or rules of how many bee hives can be placed on RRFF5 Clackamas County considering the proximity of families nearby. In talking with other beekeepers, they do not want this to escalate into having a set rule or regulation on the limit of hives. Do not get me wrong, I appreciate the fact honeybees help us sustain life, but not that many in our close neighborhood where it creates a nuisance.
We live in Clackamas County zoned RRFF5 and after extensive research, I have learned the bees do not empty their intestines on their property, it all goes out to the neighbors. Also, there are no rules, regulations, or county ordinances that govern or control how many beehives one can possess on said property. We as a neighboring community have approached the beekeepers and asked, pled, begged, and petitioned them to remove the hives because of the nuisance the bees create. We were met with "maybe you should buy car covers". From then on, we have tried negotiating with them, mediation through Clackamas County, State of Oregon Agricultural Department Mediation, etc., with no avail. They will not come to the table. The beekeepers simply do not care about how we the neighbors have to suffer. Legal avenue will result in thousands of dollars paid out by us the victim, which may not be favorable, as the honeybee is in the spotlight for sustaining life.
I think the way the beekeepers operate and conduct business under the umbrella of being protected by "right to farm" is an insult to the beekeeping industry and we the neighbors have after many attempts to resolve the issue need intervention with these people to educate them that too many bees is not healthy for everyone. If the issue continues, the neighborhood will in fact move forward with court proceedings that may result in regulations and or rules of how many bee hives can be placed on RRFF5 Clackamas County considering the proximity of families nearby. In talking with other beekeepers, they do not want this to escalate into having a set rule or regulation on the limit of hives. Do not get me wrong, I appreciate the fact honeybees help us sustain life, but not that many in our close neighborhood where it creates a nuisance.