A reward of $1,000 is offered for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of the thief who took 31 hives from a Lee County, SC bee yard,
this past week.
 
     The bees all had black plastic division board feeders in the brood
chamber, excluders, and all had 1-2 shallow supers full of honey.  The covers
were all home-made cypress.  They were definitely too heavy to be taken by
one person working alone.  "This was not an amateur job."  says owner Huck
Babcock, who is offering the reward. "The bees were taken during the night,
as there were no field bees left, and the yard was out of sight of the road.
 
    Anyone with any info, please call Huck at  803-796-8988
 
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29554
 
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