what about just tagging your hives with a "property of" tag with your name
and phone number?

At 08:07 AM 3/10/01 -0600, you wrote:
>The owners of the property where I had some bees sold it and moved during
>the winter.  The new owners at first refused to let me get my bees claiming
>that they came with the property.  They finially gave in after a
>confrontation, which I will not get into here.  I was wondering if any one
>on the list would like to share any agreements for samples.
>
>Bill Hughes