According to the investigation, on June 14, in one of the apiaries in the area, more than 300 bee colonies were killed.

"According to the investigation, the bees died as a result of the violation of Otradaagroinvest LLC of the rules established to combat plant diseases and pests when processing wheat crops ...", - said in the UK.

In the UK, they believe that employees of the enterprise did not take timely and sufficient measures to prevent harm to the environment and property of citizens.

The case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 249 of the Criminal Code of Russia (violation of the rules established to combat diseases and pests of plants).

Earlier, the Rosselkhoznadzor stated that the mass death of bees in a number of Russian regions is connected with the uncontrolled use of pesticides during field processing.