Aldermen on the Human Services Committee ended up holding the issue, however, seeking more information on what controls have been used in beehives elsewhere close to residential neighborhoods.

A majority of committee members indicated, however, that they don't favor placing a beehive so close to residences because of the many unknowns surrounding the issue.

"It seems to me ... a residential neighborhood is not the place we should encourage this," said Alderman Edmund B. Moran Jr., 6th Ward.