Beehive theft is big business.
When 100-plus stolen beehives were found in an almond orchard in Fresno County, California, detectives arrested the beekeeper tending the hives but struggled to return them to their rightful owners. “There were hives everywhere, and we had no idea who any of them belonged to,” explains Tony Botti, public information officer for the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
Beehive theft is big business. It takes more than 1.5 million colonies of bees to pollinate the almond orchards in California, and beekeepers are paid an average of $171 per hive for pollination services. Thanks to high demand and increasing fees, beekeepers see the potential to earn bigger incomes by stealing hives and renting them out for pollination.
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