After 140 years of towering over Millstone Farms, providing rare pecans and a wealth of shade, a drought-stricken native pecan tree bid farewell this week, leaving a surprise for the Stuart Agnor family, who lives on the property.

Come to find out it had a beehive and a wood duck and 11 babies, said S.S. Brantley, president of Marshall Beekeepers Association, who was on the scene to take possession of the bees.

The mama (duck) took the babies and went that way, Brantley laughed, pointing at a red barn nestled in the rear of the property.

The wood ducks were found nesting above the bees in a hole.

Karin Bayne, member of the association, said the Marshall Beekeepers Association will extract the bees and put them in a hive that the association will manage to help keep the bees alive.

Its one colony with probably 20,000 bees, Brantley said of the discovery.

Were elated that we have been able to work with the Fason Tree Removal Service in order to save the bees, he said, thanking the company who cut the tree down without harming the bees.

Stuart Agnor, who owns the property with his wife Patty, said while he knew about the bees, he was tickled to know that a family of wood ducks were using the tree as a habitat.

Obviously, they were not in the same cavity of the tree, he said of the bees and the ducks, but close enough.

The wood ducks were nesting in a spot where lightning had struck the tree about 40 years ago.

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A public forum on United Illuminating's controversial tree-trimming and removal program will be held in Fairfield next week.

The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Tomlinson Middle School, 200 Unquowa Road, and will include a presentation by representatives of the utility company and comments from the public.

"Based on requests for more information on UI's plan to trim or remove trees, I want our citizens, business owners and any organization with trees that may be recommended for pruning or removal, to receive an opportunity to attend this meeting and give input before UI starts this program," First Selectman Michael Tetreau said.

At a Board of Selectmen meeting in March, a similar presentation raised more questions than answers for town officials. The town has estimated between 20,000 and 25,000 trees could be removed in town under UI's eight-year plan, and for those on public property, the tree warden would be involved in the notification process.

Tetreau questioned where the money for funding the town's share of the work would come from, and likened the project to an unfunded mandate. He was also concerned about the notification process for owners of property abutting public sites.

A bill passed in May by the state General Assembly increases the public's role in how and when trees are cut back under a utility's trimming program, including review by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; requiring the establishment of a mediation process, and clarifying the rights of those with a tree entirely on private property and those whose property abuts trees in a public right-of-way.

The tree-trimming and removal is designed to prevent power outages that falling trees and limbs caused in recent severe storms.

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Eight people were placed under arrest Friday after protesting the city's tree removal in preparation for a planned Upper East Side garbage transfer station, and even as the city says it continues to take community concerns regarding the station under consideration, those opposed say the Department of Sanitation has made a move that can't be undone. NY1's Rocco Vertuccio filed the following report.

Opposition to a planned city waste transfer station on the Upper East Side is not cooling off.

Police arrested eight people Friday morning while they protested the removal of some pear trees near the site where the city plans to build the 91st Street Marine Transfer Station.

"I don't want to see those trees come down," said Barbara Heyman, who was arrested during the protest. "I don't want to see the dump come here."

The eight 30-year-old pear trees lined a ramp on the north side of the Asphalt Green Sports Field.

Sources say the trees and their roots are in the way of the city's demolition work for the transfer station.

Residents and community groups who oppose the station say the cutting down of the trees was a symbolic move that shows the city is moving forward without more community input.

"The city, which is supposed to be in discussions with us to hear our concerns, appears not to care," said Shawn Wood, the director of Pledge to Protect.

Protesters say the station is too close to the sports fields, playgrounds, schools and a densely populated neighborhood. They're also worried that truck traffic to and from the station could put children in danger.

"This is the wrong thing for the whole city of New York," said Dara Hunt, who was arrested during the protest. "If it would help the city, I would support it, but putting a garbage transfer station here is the wrong thing for our whole city."

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A group of Upper East Side grandmothers was arrested today for protesting the clearing of eight 30-year-old pear trees to make way for a much-contested garbage clearing station.

According to police, one man and six womenthree of whom are bona fide grandmotherswere arrested around 7:30 a.m. and charged with disorderly conduct for protesting the tree slaughter at Asphalt Green, as part of construction of the controversial East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station.

Though the activists were issued only desk appearance tickets, those involved find it unfortunate that police are expending energy cuffing a group of senior citizens rallying to preserve their green space.

Its such a travesty that people had to be arrested over this, protester and leader of Friends of the East River Esplanade told DNAinfo. Law abiding citizens, some senior citizens, who are trying to protect a park.

Asphalt Green reps were notified by email on Tuesday that the trees would be cut down on Wednesday, though the process was delayed until today after community push back. Advocates complained that the Department of Sanitation did not comply with an agreement to conduct a study to determine whether the station's rampto be installed at the site formerly housing the pear treescould be relocated to a less disruptive location. They also argued that the garbage trucks driving in and out of the station will pollute the air surrounding an outdoor recreation area where thousands of children gather to play.

When youre arresting grandmas on the Upper East Side and people of color who live in NYCHA developments youre doing something wrong, Councilman Ben Kallos told CBS Local. The police should be doing something other than arresting our grandparents."

Still, at least no one was assaulted this time.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Eight Upper East Side residents, including three grandmothers, were arrested Friday for trying to stop the city from cutting down trees.

The UES Eight were held for five hours at the 19th Precinct so police could do criminal background checks, CBS 2s Marcia Kramer reported.

They faced disorderly conduct and obstruction charges.

The Upper Eastsiders cries were heartrending but futile in a last-ditch effort to stop the city from cutting down eight30-year-old pear trees at Asphalt Green as part of building a new garbage transfer station, Kramer reported.

The protesters were furious at Mayor Bill de Blasio for ordering the so-called arboricide.

Barbara Heyman arrested in UES tree removal protest (CBS 2)

Barbara Heyman was among those handcuffed and photographed by cops before being carted away.

I hope Mayor de Blasio will listen to us and realize money could be better spent in improving education, Heyman said. Listen, Im 80 years old. If I have a record for a good cause, its OKwith me.

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