Honeybees stolen one after another, causing heavy rain disasters and nationwide shortage Background: March 3 4:46
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Interviews with beekeepers' organizations revealed that honeybees needed to grow fruits and vegetables are being stolen at apiaries in many places. Honeybees are in short supply nationwide due to the damage to birdhouses caused by the heavy rain disaster last year, and groups have begun to investigate the actual situation of theft damage and are calling on beekeepers to take measures.
Honeybees are used to breed pollen in the cultivation of fruits and vegetables, and farmers rent and buy honeybees from beekeepers.
Poles of melon and watermelon are being actively crossed at farms in Kyushu and other places this time, but bee hives that were scheduled to be rented to farmers last month at the apiary of Kushiro Kino, Yumae Town, Kumamoto Prefecture. , 38 boxes were stolen.
Mr. Kino said that the damage amounted to 1.5 million yen, "It is difficult for bees grown over a year to be spoiled."
According to the Japan Beekeeping Association made by about 3,000 beekeepers nationwide, honeybee theft damage has been known only since last month, two cases in Kumamoto, three in Kagoshima, and one in Fukushima It means that there are 6 cases in total.
The background is that there is a nationwide shortage of honeybees due to the large amount of beehives that had been raised on riverbeds in various places during the heavy rain disaster last October.
As some farmers are finding it difficult to secure bees, the association has begun investigating the actual situation of theft and taking measures such as installing fences and surveillance cameras at apiaries for beekeepers across the country. I am calling for it.