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For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state's most valuable crop.

About a thousand beehives have been reported stolen across California in the last few weeks as almond growers turn to beekeepers for pollination help.

For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects...

A tightening supply of bees and soaring pollination fees – jumping from less than US$50 (RM209) to rent a hive two decades ago to as much as US$230 (RM962) per hive this year – are likely motivating beekeepers to go rogue.

As almond trees start to bloom, so begin beehive thefts that have become so prevalent that beekeepers are now turning to GPS tracking devices, surveillance cameras and other anti-theft technology to protect their precious colonies.

WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United...

WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United...

About a thousand beehives worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been reported stolen across California in the past few weeks. It's a crime that occurs uniquely in the state this time of year when almond trees start to bloom. That's when beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to growers who depend on the insects to pollinate their valuable crop. Experts say a tightening bee supply and the soaring cost to rent a hive is motiv...

About a thousand beehives worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been reported stolen across California in the past few weeks

WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United...