Recovering Stolen Bees

[@vdjKryptosRock]

You’ll ALWAYS regret not buying painter’s tape.

[@davidpotts3844]

You would think that the truck would have been held at inspection station and not just turned around. $250,000 in bees

[@LANEZZ-jv5ok]

They probably couldn't accommodate bees.

[@davidpotts3844]

@@LANEZZ-jv5ok I am sure they couldn't accommodate the bees. they need water,ect. you would think they would have declared it an illegal load, held the load there called an Expert, confiscated the load and got it to a farm for investigation. Since w are allowing the illegal migration of people I guess they thought we would allow the illegal migration of the bees

[@zoobee4824]

@@davidpotts3844 "We" are allowing illegal migration?? Obvi not a veteran of a war, you'd know why pll want the life you have!

[@crazydutchbloke]

Going to jail for trafficking a million bees. Thats at least 25 to life per bee.

[@clwest3538]

As a hobbyist beekeeper - great job and thank you!!

[@beebob1279]

My mentor was a pollinator in New Jersey. He told me that the worst bee crooks are the pollinators themselves. They will steal from each other. He told me he went to one of his holding yards to prep the bees to move to a crop. To his surprise they were all strapped down and ready to be moved. Someone was ready to make off with a portion of his business. Luckily he was there and saved his investment. I had another local beekeeper stealing my queens from my colonies. I couldn't figure out why the hives were constantly superseding. He was caught by the farming going through my hives and was thrown off the farm. People need to just leave other people's stuff alone.

[@ReederBeekeeping]

So true! It takes someone familiar with bees to steal hives to this extent.

[@pierelenigus8598]

boy oh boy that west coast sure does attract the best quality folks.

[@jonasgeez2140]

Wasent even aware that bees were trucked around like that.. also didnt know people stole bees lol

[@FullFrontalExposure]

😂😂😂😂yup it’s a thing

[@pvtbuddie]

Buzz ruzlers!

[@MowFaux]

Stolen hives, the bees are mine

[@Cathy24601]

They sound stolen. They sound pissed.

[@AmbrosianBeeCo]

whos the thief

[@ReederBeekeeping]

Call me for more info 5599916782

[@scottreese5492]

Praise the Lord!!!!! Always a blessing to hear answered prayers

[@fredbennett9849]

I would be willing to bet money there are drugs or money in those hives!!

[@mikemiller7946]

They stole from all over, damn. Wonder how many times they got away with it. Not this time though.

[@stevecraven4497]

Such a shame. But just a reminder that if there is money to be made. Then there is someone out there that wants to steal that money instead of working for that money… such a shame the world we live in today. SMH

[@alastair1955]

Wow that is disgusting stealing that many bees, that is a serious loss to the beekeeper. Beekeepers work very hard for their money and to have something like that happen, the thief has stolen a hard working guys livelihood. Luckily in this case there are ways to identify the thief so I hope he is punished to the max. Also got to wonder what he might have done in the past and gotten away with, someone probably should take a look at the rest of his hives.

[@firstlast5681]

Thanks for the video and please keep us up-to-date

[@ReederBeekeeping]

Update coming soon

[@pvtbuddie]

I may have missed a mention of it because I was reading the comments while playing the video, but these hives are now in competition for food, and I don't see how there could be enough flowering plants around there to support more than a tenth of them (just guessing because I've never noticed very many hives to land area, like that). What happened as far as the proximity to each other, and what did the bees have for a food source besides their stored honey?

[@ReederBeekeeping]

Oranges were in bloom. Almost all the hives have been positively matched and returned to there owners. Beekeepers from Texas, South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota, Idaho, and California were able to recover there property. Crazy!

[@pvtbuddie]

@@ReederBeekeeping : I'm glad they had the orange trees. So there wasn't any risk of any wars between the hives? Thank you for all of your work, and for answering my questions!

[@annwithaplan9766]

How did they know they were stolen bees? Thanks.

[@glbernini0]

I don't care how much the re-sale is I'm not takin that job, as a thief or driver!

[@jeffhuntley2921]

Will the thief actually get jail time?

[@escapetarkov3838]

Gib honey!

[@alastair1955]

How did the guys in New Mexico discover the bees were stolen?

[@ReederBeekeeping]

From what I understand, the police got a tip and they contacted the broker and told him the bees were stolen. The broker is a third-party company that provides a service to beekeepers, but often, he doesn't know the beekeepers directly. When the police contacted him he turned the driver around and organized the situation so the police could take over. The police and the broker did a great job. 95% of the hives have been returned to their rightful owners and the remaining equipment should be identified shortly.

[@alastair1955]

@@ReederBeekeeping Nice job to you, and all involved. I have had hives of my own stolen, and never recovered, I HATE beehive thieves, they are scum. Hoping you were somehow compensated for the time and effort you put into this.

[@charleswieand4445]

It’s only a couple hundred thousand $$.

[@honey_bee_live]

A bunch of beekeepers here in Tennessee had hives stolen. Everyone started putting Apple Air Tags in there hives. He was soon caught and sent to jail!

[@Hollmann2]

The hives you go to first to look at are mine! Good work to all!

[@Blackswan19874]

Nice work ! On behalf of all beekeepers, it’s nice to know some people have your back ! That would have been a heavy lose to some hard working keepers. Hope the perps get sent to Hive Beetle jail for a spell !

[@TheCaliforniaBeekeeper]

Nice find! glad that dirtbag didn’t get away with it🙌

[@ducamuk]

It’s amazing to see how much work the crooks did to hide the evidence of someone else’s property. I didn’t know there was a huge market for stealing bees.

[@reneebrown2968]

Yes, it's a very expensive industry. Farmers have to pay alot of money to have beekeepers bring their bees to pollinate farms so that Farmers can produce their foods they grow. Alot of beekeepers are from all over the southeast and other areas from all over the country.

[@anthonyhinton4912]

Wow!! Great job! Keep us posted on this amazing story!

[@rhondaperry7935]

WOW!

[@rhondaperry7935]

I’m so glad they didn’t get away with it. 👍🏻

[@McKeesBees]

Well thank you very much. I'm so glad to hear that this guy or these guys are going to get their bees back I'm a deputy sheriff and a beekeeper as well I would be crazy mad if someone stole my bees. Thank you for what you do.

[@andystrehlow8752]

Good job!!!! Awesome video!

[@jakemoorehoney]

Happy to see this!!!

[@ozzylife]

Please tell me they’re going to get sued to the fullest.

[@davidpotts3844]

They call it prosecution of a crime. stealing livestock, bee rustling

[@eem8039]

In Romania we put a tracking device in a hive or two and I know a case the thieves moved the bees some 500 miles in a very remote area but the owner managed to find them

[@michellehollmann2439]

Some of ours were on there.

[@ReederBeekeeping]

We've got yours marked out 👍 I'm glad you're going to get them back!

[@SkinnerBeeMan]

GPS?

[@628DirtRooster]

Hope they get back to the rightful owner without costing him a ton.

[@Panelman-wx8fo]

Getting busted for stealing hives of bee’s must really Sting!!!! Did the authorities use a Sting operation to catch them???? 😂😂😂

[@danielweston9188]

No but they used Drones . . . .

[@lenturtle7954]

Funny guys

[@comanchefire]

Great news!

[@KJO-1972]

Good job!! I don’t have any respect for thief’s!!

[@lenturtle7954]

Good work to all in recovering those . A semi load of bees is a fortune recovered not to mention lost income while replacing them 👍

[@vicmd2868]

Good work on recovering and helping return the stolen hives!

[@rupertmedford3901]

Good to see Justice. Hate to see that this sort of thing happens but nice to know that the criminals get their comeuppance

[@coincollector315]

Good job to the people that discovered these thefts. We need to keep our eyes out for this type of crime. I’ve got some serious cash tied up in everything bee related.

[@coincollector315]

Time for us to start using RFID TAGS inside our equipment. I use hunting cameras with Cell Phone Technology to send me photos of any movement in the area as it’s captured.

[@JoneyJefe]

Excellent job

[@michaelbailey4061]

Great catch!

[@LarisSurvival]

Good job!

[@gavinferguson]

wow pretty specalist type of theft must be decent money to bee made

[@dcsblessedbees]

Great Job, beekeepers supporting beekeepers.👍 Better start camping or at least tracking your bees in pollination. 🤔In some States you can still be hung for live stock theft, 🤭gota love old laws. Blessed Days...

[@randylamar943]

I saw a vid yesterday from a beekeeper that had a lot stole.hope he finds you.

[@samsungtvmail]

Interesting that you had them on your truck, you must have seen that they had putty on them and they were painted before loading them.

[@adelinawarriner6259]

he went and picked them up he wasn't the one turned around- stated as such at the beginning

[@alexmyers4027]

​@@adelinawarriner6259 a broker is not the driver.... He DID say he was the driver who got turned around. A broker works in an office lining up shipments....

[@kenknutson1598]

Do they still hang rustlers?

[@sfcmmacro]

Sad thing is the thief had to bee a beek and they are willing to hurt other beek’s.

[@Ryebot3000]

Fresh coat of paint for the rightful owners at least 😂

[@raymondferguson4802]

Man all that work

[@joesinakandid528]

So, were they caught from one of those tracker tags? Good work however they were found out.

[@osok5492]

This is police business and not between you and broker, probably your lying or you’re both into it!

[@coincollector315]

Police aren’t looking for crime. It’s up to us to report suspicious activity to police. Hive theft is a serious issue so I’m not sure why you are taking the position that you have. What is this person or broker going to gain from pointing this out?

[@FlakeyPM]

@@coincollector315 Maybe osok5492 was the thief and is the one lying ;-)

[@ReederBeekeeping]

The police have been involved and directing the process all the way through. I put the detective in a Bee suit, and we spent at least three days working together to figure out who they go to.

[@thehiveandthehoneybee9547]

you right!!!! aint no detective going to say put it on a vid when still active case I shall BS on this vid!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@codycarter5263]

I’m sure the cops are in a rush to go check a semi full of pissed off bees

[@andrewklahold2880]

Go to jail, stealing bees is cattle rustling it is a hanging crime

[@LANEZZ-jv5ok]

Wow!! I didn't even know that people did this. 😮

[@HokieJuju]

Wow!!

[@supremepizza3710]

Awful lot of work just to get stung...

[@JamesCrouchX]

The Bee Marshall

[@mikehill9888]

This is totally sad

[@sergepajcin1255]

Holy shit

[@BlanchardsBees]

A lot of money sitting there. Bees and hives are not cheap. Not to mention the service they provide.

[@daviddiehl-gy2sq]

Remove their hands.