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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.