New Zealand’s growing honey trade with the United States is in jeopardy if Australian honey products are allowed into the Kiwi market.
West Virginia beekeeper Mark C. Baker had high hopes for his valuable hives as he readied them for the cross-country journey to California’s almond groves.
The president of a Chinese honey company pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to illegally import honey into the United States, part of a case that has cast a spotlight on “honey laundering,” the importation of falsely-labeled honey.
A Chirnside beekeeper has told how he was the victim of a sting operation after thieves stole 10 hives and between, 240,000 and 280,000 bees.
A Chinese citizen accused of illegally importing honey to the United States — including one shipment tainted with antibiotics — pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court at Seattle.
Police are questioning beekeepers after as many as 500,000 bees were stolen from a farm, it emerged yesterday.
Beekeepers stung by pestilence and poor weather are being warned to protect their hives from rustlers as thefts rise to unprecedented levels due to a national shortage of bees.
A Chinese national and a Seattle-area man have been charged with mislabeling honey from China in order to evade U.S. import duties.
Thieves have begun targeting bee farms throughout Britain to steal entire bee hives for possible sales on the apian black market, experts say.
An Australian man was convicted Wednesday of murdering a fellow beekeeper so he could steal 40,000 Australian dollars ($27,880) worth of honey and has been sentenced to life in prison.
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