Boyd Bee Beekeeping Fight Lingers in Boyd Village
For 40 years Frank Reith Jr and his mother kept 16 honeybee hives in Boyd, supplying 130 pounds of honey per hive. Since 1977 the village board banned beekeeping, threatening a 20 dollar daily fine. A Chippewa County Circuit Court challenge argues the ordinance targets Reith’s bees without citizen complaints. The village calls the bees a public nuisance amid petitions and safety concerns.
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Frank Reith
Boyd
Frank Reith Jr
Reith
Chippewa Falls
Eugene Jackson
Chippewa County
Jackson
Philip Meadows
B.A. McQuillan
Country Today
Mr. Reith
Boyd Village Board
Meadows
Boyd Back Yard
Beekeeping dispute tests Boyd Village limits
In Boyd, Esther Reith’s former yard shelters beehives that Frank Reith Jr. defends as longstanding. Village officials cite complaints and allergy fears as grounds for removing the hives, while Reith argues no names or formal complaints exist and notes bees pollinate local gardens. The stake centers on negotiating a solution before warm weather returns.
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Boyd
Reith
Wisconsin Dairies Wins 11 Dairy Comm Awards in 1980
Wisconsin Dairies communications department won 11 awards in the National Milk Producers Federation 1980 dairy communications contest. Jim Hasse led with two best of class, three firsts, two seconds and four thirds among 61 member co-ops, across 9 of 21 classes.
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Wisconsin Dairies
National Milk Producers Federation
Jim Hasse
Dairy Co-Op
Communications Department
Speakers’ Bureau
Russ Vanderboom
Vanderboom
Anderson
Weigh date planned for Chippewa steers
Steers entered in the 1981 Chippewa County 4 H and meat animal project will be weighed December 27 at the Bloomer Livestock Market from 2 to 4 pm. Weighing at other locations is possible by special request. Weights must be verified by an extension agent or vo ag instructor for the rate of gain contest. Exhibitors may weigh up to four animals and must have steers in their possession by December 27. For more information contact the county extension office.
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Chippewa County
Bloomer
Voag
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