FLASH !!!       Just in:
 
   Between 25 May and 7 June, approximately 1,300 honey bee colonies were
stolen from locations in Colorado.  They could now be in alfalfa seed
fields in the San Joaquin Valley of California or just about anywhere else.
 
 
   DESCRIPTION OF COLONIES:  Four colonies per pallet, and either 3 or 2
stories high.  At least one story on each pallet is yellow.  Some supers
will read, (High Mountain Apiaries," "McCollum & Sons," and/or have brand
numbers of 4-256 or 4-236.  The pallets themselves will be branded 4-256.
 
   IF YOU FIND EVIDENCE OF THESE COLONIES, PLEASE CONTACT Mr. McCollum:
 
Richard McCollum
   (970) 527-3130
1292, 4200 DR.
Paonia, CO   81428
 
   Please pass this message on to other beekeepers in your area.  Also, I
am certain the owner would appreciate a posting of this message on other
e-mail networks to which I do not subscribe (e.g., SCI. AGRIC. BEEKEEPING).
If you do so, please let me know that you have done so directly, not on
the BEE-L network.
 
                                                        Adrian
 
Adrian M. Wenner                    (805) 963-8508 (home phone)
967 Garcia Road                     (805) 893-8062  (UCSB FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA  93106
 
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