Vandals kill 200,000 bees

[Catherine]

Just last month I reported that 500,000 bees were killed, now another  200,000 are dead in another senseless act of vandalism.
This time it is California and 100 bee hives were destroyed. These are hives that are rented out to pollinate the local almond trees every year. They were in  their winter resting place. The hives were knocked over and doused with gasoline to kill the bees.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...RT4ri_NIiz

The 200,000 bees are a terrible loss for all of us. However an online fund raising page has brought in enough money to allow the bee keeper to rebuild. We can't afford the loss of a bee keeper either. 

The did catch the two that killed the 500,000 bees. It was two boys 12 and 13. It was done as a senseless act of destruction.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...ZKbmktWfrQ

The boys will be charged as they should be, but that doesn't bring back the bees. Fortunately they were able to raise enough money to get the bee keepers set up again.


Bees are essential to biodiversity and many species depend on their work. Anything that needs seeds and fruit to survive cannot survive the loss of bees. We need to treat vandalism against bees as a special crime. Bee hives are going to need armed guards to protect them. Perhaps we will have to keep all hives on the rooves of locked buildings. 

What should be done to people who kill bees? Maybe they should be forbidden to eat any food that requires the work of bees.
That would be a fitting punishment.