Buzz off: hive thieves cashing in on thriving beekeeping market
by Press Association from Environment | The Guardian on (#3BNWA)
Hobby's increasing popularity, and the rising cost of some queens, thought to be driving thefts of bees and hives
Thieves are cashing in on an increasingly lucrative beekeeping market by snatching entire hives, with 135 reported thefts over the past six years.
New figures show that hundreds of thousands of bees have been taken from apiaries across England and Wales since 2011.
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