Other Beekeepers putting Bees near your yards

[kilocharlie]

Nice work Buzz! BIG THANK YOU! A whole lot of us probably have a lot of homework to do now....and a new item in the expense column of the books. Ladies and gentlemen, start your branding irons!

[buzz abbott]

If the OP is registered and legal I just thought of a fun punishment for the interloper: go brand or stencil all his unidentified hives, and then report them stolen when he picks them up. A bit more trouble for him than a trespass charge. btw, fwiw, the op may not want to get the law involved if he is not registered.

[kilocharlie]

Nothing like a little Mafia skulldugery for Chutzpah, eh Buzz? The Great Branding Iron Race to the Colorado river is on, as the low-performance bee trucks converge on the unattended, unbranded hives, the winner driving away several hundred hives wealthier without the cost, staples in the thumb, glue and paint messes, etc. I see a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World movie in the making...They'e right under a great, big, "W". - roflmao

[waynesgarden]

...I just thought of a fun punishment for the interloper: go brand or stencil all his unidentified hives, and then report them stolen when he picks them up.

I'd think twice about filing a false police report. Penalties vary from state to state.

Doesn't sound like a fun thing to me.

Wayne

[TokerM]

It sure would be a shame if, after you moved your 30, or was it 40, hives, some bear came along and tore off all his honey supers... Yea... I learned from Pooh that bears love honey...

[buzz abbott]

If it was equipment that was branded with your state assigned numbers, as required by state law, it would not be a false report. The other guy should have his equipment labeled or he is in violation of the law. Using a pile of wood abandoned on your property as supers and frames and labeling them as required by the law makes them yours.

[kilocharlie]

Bradley in Blythe - just curious....what was the final outcome?

[Daniel Y]

I can bet you that if my hives where nto registered they would be getting registered right quick like. and there woudl be this mysterious additional location that for some reason I couldn't remember actually delivering hives to. But loah and behold there they are right there.