About a thousand beehives have been reported stolen across California in the last few weeks as almond growers turn to beekeepers for pollination help.
For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the country truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers, who need the insects to pollinate the state’s most valuable crop.so begin the beehive thefts
Hive thefts have been reported elsewhere in the country, most recently three hives containing about 60,000 bees taken from a grocery chain’s garden in central Pennsylvania. They happen at a larger scale and uniquely in California this time of year because bees are most in demandIn the last few weeks, 1,036 beehives worth hundreds of thousands of dollars were reported stolen from orchards statewide, authorities said.
Medina said the theft devastated his apiary, so this year he placed GPS trackers inside the boxes. He also strapped cable locks around them and installed cameras nearby. As the almond bloom approached and the hives became most valuable, he drove around patrolling the orchards in the dark.Thefts usually happen at night, when no one is in the orchard and the bees are back in their hives.
The demand for bees has steadily risen over the last 20 years as the popularity of almonds turned California into the. Accordingly, the amount of land used to grow almonds has more than doubled to an estimated 1.3 million acres.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
University of Alabama VP for student life resigns after arrest in prostitution stingA University of Alabama vice president stepped down after he and 14 other men were busted in a prostitution sting, authorities said.
Weiterlesen »
Why some bees and wasps are more likely to sting youSome bees and wasps are more likely to sting you than others, while many can't sting you at all. Here's why.
Weiterlesen »
Beekeepers turn to anti-theft technology as hive thefts riseAbout a thousand beehives worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been reported stolen across California in the past few weeks
Weiterlesen »
Beekeepers turn to anti-theft technology as hive thefts riseAbout a thousand beehives worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been reported stolen across California in the past few weeks.
Weiterlesen »
Beekeepers Turn to Anti-Theft Technology as Hive Thefts Rise in CaliforniaBeekeepers from around the U.S. truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state’s most valuable crop.
Weiterlesen »
Beekeepers turn to anti-theft technology as hive thefts riseAbout a thousand beehives worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been reported stolen across California in the past few weeks. It's a crime that hits the state particularly hard this time of year when almond trees start to bloom.
Weiterlesen »