Peter Sliwka responded to a complaint about his bees at the May 1 meeting of the Towamensing Township supervisors.

Sliwka keeps bees near his Stagecoach Road property line. However, the bees enjoy a neighboring swimming pool as their source of water.Zoning officer Carl Faust said they could be treated like other animals and moved 100 feet from the property line.Supervisor Guy Seifert said zoning rules were being rewritten and bees could be counted as livestock.Sliwka said the bees were there before the neighbor, but Faust asked, "What do I tell people who can't sit out."He said he has bees from Quakertown to New York and that the best thing would be for him to move them.In other township business, Scott Beers had been asked to clean up two mobile homes on his property. He said the one was not his and he is trying to locate the responsible party since he is owed money for lot rental. The owner died in an accident and Beers will call a lawyer to try to find the person now responsible.The other home he plans to repair and take to use as a hunting cabin. A 20-foot by 40-foot deck has been removed, and anyone who wants it can take it away, Beers said.He was given until June 5 to remove the homes.Resident George White said there is erosion on his Deer Lane road. He has hauled some of the washed dirt to fill in where it is needed.Seifert said a lot of roadwork will be contracted out this summer. The township will be cutting shoulders.Papers were signed giving Lake View Estates a reduction in its letter of credit of $151,062. In April conditions were set that have been met.The Towamensing Township Historical Commission has updated its property index giving new names for the properties that have changed hands. The list includes properties in the township that are 100 years old or older.Supervisor Penny Kleintop said several recipes and stories about Towamensing have been collected as the first step in creating a recipe book to raise funds to renovate Greenzweig School.Seifert will complete repairs to the roof of the school, and roadmaster Scott Mosier will bulldoze a driveway for it.An Ag Security meeting is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. May 15. Kleintop said one resident plans to put his land into preservation.Bids are being requested for diesel fuel and heating oil.Seifert gave the roadmaster's report. The crew is cleaning intersections, putting in a drainfield at the ball field, cold patching roads, grading dirt roads and starting work on Owl Creek Bridge, which will be closed until Sept. 1.Towamensing Fire Company has received the donation of several trucks including a rescue truck. It is looking for volunteers for the company.The township office will be closed May 26 for Memorial Day.