Eat it wax and all! I like to put a chunk of it into my whole fat yogurt each morning.
Posted on 02/16/2022 3:18:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
A spokesperson for the Giant Company said they are "extremely disappointed" by the recent beehive theft.
In the summer of 2020, the Giant Company, which operates 190 supermarkets under the Giant name, announced the completion of a seven-acre pollinator-friendly field at its Carlisle, Pennsylvania headquarters. In addition to planting more than 20 different kinds of wildflowers, the company also partnered with the Planet Bee Foundation to add and maintain several beehives in the field.
"From almonds to zucchini and countless fruits, vegetables and nuts in between, nearly one-third of our food supply depends on pollinators, making bees an essential part of our food supply chain and ecosystem," the Giant Company's president Nicholas Bertram, said at the time. "A pollinator field provides us with a unique opportunity to educate our team members, customers and the community about the crucial role bees play in getting food onto their family's table."
But apparently, that field attracted at least one unwanted species: the thief or thieves who stole three entire beehives from Giant's property. According to PennLive, the hives held around 60,000 bees and were taken at some point during the weekend of January 28 and January 30.
"Bees are an essential part of our food supply chain and having these beehives were one way we were helping to address the declining bee population here in our hometown community," Jessica Groves, Giant's community impact manager, said in a statement. "We are extremely disappointed that this happened and are continuing to cooperate with Middlesex Township Police Department."
Bee thefts aren't completely unheard of: in 2020, California's almond growers — which rely on honeybees' natural pollination skills — reported an increase in the number of beehives that had been stolen from their properties. According to the California Farm Bureau's AgAlert, one million acres of almond blossoms require twice as many apiaries. As a result, up to two-thirds of the beekeepers in the U.S. lease their hives to almond farmers annually.
In January 2020, 92 hives were stolen from a single field in Yuba City, California. "We work hard enough all year to keep [the bees] alive. Then one guy comes around and steals them," beekeeper and theft victim Mike Potts told the Los Angeles Times.
Why would someone steal beehives? It's possible that they could be taken and sold off to other farmers or beekeepers who either need additional colonies or who need to make up population numbers after their own bees have died.
Back in Pennsylvania, anyone who has information about the theft of the colonies from Giant is asked to call the Middlesex Township Police Department at 717-249-7191 or to send an anonymous tip online.
Eat it wax and all! I like to put a chunk of it into my whole fat yogurt each morning.
How long before the cops do a sting operation ?
Man, that looks good. Making my mouth water.
Oh my! I had forgotten all about Ding Dong School!
Depending on the hive…that’s either one or two hives. Costs $150 to get a five nuc starter hive in late April. By mid summer, u less you screwed up, you should have between 30,000- 60,000 bees. Hell, it’s not even felony status
Forgot to add…..so three hives means those are of very prolific hives.
I guess this is causing quite a buzz in beekeeping circles…
Local police might have to set up a… Sting operation… To catch the perps.
Local newspaper say “it’s a honey of a crime…”
Worthy of some thought...
It's like a koan, but not really. :(
How long before the cops do an international sting operation ?
While you were pinging me about spelling bees, I was posting to the "frozen bank accounts" thread, about a sting operation (trump), quoting from my 4th edition Roget's International Thesaurus.
...the Giant Company, which operates 190 supermarkets under the Giant name
That's an important number in Kabbalah as per TEOTWAWKI. It gets a lot of buzz because 190 = ketz [קץ], "end".
Somebody might need to know!
>>>Oh my! I had forgotten all about Ding Dong School!<<<
It’s best forgotten! Sorry I reminded you of it.
As pre-schooler, I thought the “teacher” on that show was Halloween witch sans witch hat. She should have at least been honest and worn her hat(!), according to my tiny mind at the time.
When I started first grade, I was terrified it would be like Ding Dong School, but my first grade teacher was young and absolutely gorgeous (could have been Miss America) and an excellent teacher. What a relief!
Yikes… that would freak me out
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