Half a million bees die in Iowa vandalism, two boys charged
 

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Justin and Tori Engelhardt, husband and wife beekeepers in Sioux City, Iowa, discovered a tragic surprise late last month when they went to check on their 50 beehives.

The hives — home to half a million bees — had been overturned and hacked apart. The couple’s supply shed had been ransacked.

The result was 500,000 dead bees and an estimated $60,000 in damaged property — a major setback for the Engelhardts and their 6-year-old honey business.

"They knocked over every single hive, killing all the bees. They wiped us out completely," Justin Engelhardt told The Sioux City Journal after the Dec. 27 vandalism. "They broke into our shed, they took all our equipment out and threw it out in the snow, smashed what they could."

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Just horrible.

$60,000!!??? :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh my yard had over 250! it depends on were they working hives. if they dont have extra boxes and traps they are not working.

So jealous I've always wanted to have land to do the behive thing. Happy for you though very cool :thumbsup

beat he shit outah those two

i cunt a4d2 keep a bee... :(

Have them go kick a hive of killer bees

actually you cant work killer bees too well they swarm very fast. you can work them if you watch them. i also had a bee removal biz. i did a huge hive at the phoenix zoo. took like 8 hrs to remove. you need to wear thick clothes and duct tape you wrist and legs. it was fucking summer. oh it was a bitch.

This story is rather old. The owners have since launched a GoFundMe and raised over $30K to get back up and running (they actually edited it saying they've now got enough and are now referring contributors to some other bee group), and the two kids have been charged with multiple felonies.

even if they ordered it all from dadant! the biggest and best in bees! it would not reach near 30 grand! :1orglaugh i promise you that! :2 cents:

Some of the biotech companies are evil. Wonder how much they would pay some teenagers to do a job like that

Who Is Deliberately Killing the Bees?and Why?