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Jeanne Noonan for New York Daily News
Bees swarm on one of 45 hives found at the home of Yi Gin Chen in Corona, Queens, New York.
Approximately 3 million bees were found swarming around a man's Queens, N.Y., home on Wednesday night, and were confiscated -- to the relief of his neighbors.
Yi Gin Chen had beehives packed into the backyard -- about 45 hives in total, said Andrew Cote, president of the New York City Beekeepers Association. Cote said Chen, a beekeeper in his native China, had contacted the beekeepers' association earlier in the month for help with the bees because he was trying to sell his Corona, Queens, home.
Chen allegedly started with one hive a couple years ago, and the insects kept multiplying, reported the New York Daily News.
“It’s gotten out of hand,” Chen told The Daily News Wednesday night as New York City Police Department officials and volunteers from the Beekeepers Association collected the bees. “I don’t have the time or resources to do this.”
Cote said Chen's real estate agent contacted him a few weeks ago and told him that Chen, who only speaks Mandarin, had "four or five hives" that he wanted to sell.
When Cote arrived at the home, he was shocked to find it was actually 45.
"That's something like 3 million bees, which is more bees than there are people in Queens," Cote said Thursday from his honey stand at a farmer's market outside Manhattan's Rockefeller Center.
"Many of the neighbors were tremendously upset about the bees and fearful to walk out their door because it literally led to three feet from the mouth of an open hive, each of which had approximately 60 to 80,000 bees," Cote said.
Cote said he advised Chen to immediately register the hives with the city, per local regulations, and also gave him suggestions to make the situation better for his terrified neighbors.
One resident, Louie Socci, told the Daily News he called the city once to complain.
“It’s like a big swarm of a couple million bees. You never seen anything like it in your life,” Socci told The Daily News. “The guy’s nuts. I called the city once and they didn’t do anything.”
Last night, during the four-hour operation to seal up the hives and remove them from the property, Cote discovered that not only were there a lot of bees, but they were also in poor health.
"The bees were in terrible condition. I'll be surprised if any of them survives the winter. He stripped them of all their honey," he said. "The average weight of a hive at this time of the year would be at least 180 pounds, and these averaged 40 pounds. He took all of their honey and didn't leave any for them."
New York City Beekeepers Association
Bees are contained outside of a Queens, N.Y., home on Wednesday.
It's not clear what Chen was doing with the honey, but Cote suspects based on conversations he has had with other beekeepers in the area that he was selling it.
Beekeeping has been legal in New York since 2010. No license is needed, but if beehive owners don't register their hives, they can be fined.
It's not known yet what charges Chen may face. Calls from NBC News to the New York Police Department were not immediately returned.
Anthony Planakis, who heads bee control for the NYPD, told The New York Post of Chen's home, “Picture 45 dogs in one apartment. It’s cruelty to the bees.”
New York City has ramped up its bee-control efforts recently. Earlier this month, Planakis -- who has been fighting stingers since 1995 -- was promoted from officer to detective by NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelley, and granted a "bee-mobile" and other equipment, The New York Post reported.
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Are all chinese beekeepers this stupid? You gotta leave some honey for winter. geez.
love your name it's so descriptive
Your question is unreasonable and somewhat biased. All people from any race are not the same. You are a perfect example. Never group or classify any race of people. We are all different.
Yes, because one Chinese beekeeper was stupid, it is a completely valid assumption that they are all stupid.
FYI Tyrone- the Chinese are not a race. They are a nationality, and consist of multiple ethnic groups.
in all fairness... he never said they're all stupid... he simply asked...
Seems your remark stung some people.
haha SNAP!
Michael: you are correct. Most Americans struggle to differentiate race, nationality and heritage.
TFNJ: I chuckled at your remark. :)
this guy: I think people were reacting to the implication of the question. I guess I had to point that out in all fairness.
Funny that you have only to read, a few posts on any board, before you see some whiney azz liberal calling someone else biased, racist, or bigoted. What a horrible situation we've created for ourselves by allowing this PC insanity to flouish!
too bad bees aren't really a delicacy in Chinese culture or the problem would have been "dealt" with long ago.
Peanut is that the size of your brain! What a bias bigoted comment! If Ignorance is Bliss you must be living in Eden & more than likely listen to the snake eating the apple!
Jahmekan: thanks for being the voice of disambiguation. it was a sarcastic remark none the less. jerk
It's funny how you only have to read a couple of posts before you find some obnoxious, self righteous conservative tool injecting politics into the discussion that has nothing to do with politics and calling people names to make himself feel better about the fact that he has no life.
Quick someone call BEE-TA!!!!!!
I guess it's not the same with politcs, if a Dem or GOP'er says or does something stupid, then all Dem's orGOP'er are stupid?
And the board is a buzzing over peanut's comment. I guess I'll have to try and ease the sting a little considering his question may not bee to far off the truth. If, as the article states, this guy was a bee keeper in China. And if bee keeping is a trade taught to all bee keeper's in China. Who learn, as professional's, to take all the honey for more money. Then by US bee professional standards all the bee keeper's of China are just as peanut asked. But by trade rather than race or nationality.
Oh and what's up with the new bee-mobil, shouldn't that have a NYBD logo instead of NYPD?
So that's where they all have been hiding...
Dammit!!! That was going to be my line. Oh well, I was late for the party.
I was thinking the same thing, that is where they all went, New York.
No that's where they have all been hiving.
The most essential and productive insect on the planet can be the most nuisance..The guys an Idiot.
Wow, talk about a sticky situation this guy got himself into.
this guy is an ignrant fool thinking about himself money he should e tied down an hone poored on him
I hope that they are able to save the bee's. They are certainly in danger with the colony collapses we are having. Maybe they can get then through the winter. The guy knew exactly what he was doing when he stripped the honey from the hives. But he could have cared less as money was maybe more important at the moment.
Believe it or not we would collapse with out pollination. Now for the peanut gallery...
One would hope that the Chinese would develop more respect for wildlife and animals. Many endangered wild animals are killed so poachers can sell body parts to the Chinese---who use them in barbaric "traditional" medicinal practices. Bees are also in danger of being wiped out. You can see how little this man cared about his own bees.
Sounds like nobody in this story knows anything about honey bees. Have to register a bee hive. Must be another money racket.
Another case of the nanny police state crushing the poor businessman job creator! Stiffling his creativity with needless regulations and red tape! Damn ungrateful workers (the bees) demanding that the wonderful job creator share his profits with them! (sarcasm and pun intended)
Like many of us here I have had the same thought but why type it in when the statement is already there :) 3 million bees and I live in the desert West of Tucson and here I am complaining when there is a rattlesnake or scorpions under the my home :)
I'm sorry, my first thought is who counted the bees and how is he doing from the stings?
What an imbecile.
at least he didnt bury himself in 8ft of sand...
too soon?
Not for me, but that's just me. I'm not exactly the warm sensitive type. I will defer.
BEE Carefull !
He's been very BEEZY
Did the police set up a Sting operation to catch the bees ?
I'm getting the hives just reading about this
So they put the bees in a container one at a time so they could count them! Seriously,how can they determine there are that many bees?!!
C D B? D B E Z B Z B!
So I said to my wife,"Honey Comb!"
model railroad man
Oh god no. That would take forever. They counted them in pairs and multiplied by two. Jeez, is it that obvious?
My kid won his spelling BEE on saturday
... sorry, best I could do on short notice ;)
Model RR Man: Used an iPhone; they have apps for that.
4.5
U R D BZ NZ
BEES DON'T KILL PEOPLE. Being a diabetic, overdosing on honey does. hehe
That would be typical chinese strategy - strip all the honey without understanding the impact
It is naive of you to suggest that you would know what a typical strategy would be. The Chinese are not robots, so they are as individual as we are. Think before you share your views.
That would be a typical American comment... make a generalizing statement about race and environmental issues without understanding that many Americans are guilty of the very same mindset/lack of foresight.
Hey, Jellytin- WHO is generalizing now? "A TYPICAL AMERICAN COMMENT"...If the shoe fits- wear it. You are just as bad as anyone else who makes generalizations. Mud on your face, now, eh?
Yeah, I phrased it like him to show him how dick it sounds when you phrase @!$%# like that. Glad you caught that.
Tyrone E., I am sure that not all Chinese exploit their environment, but China is notorious for that.
The Bee man can only speak Mandarin Chinese, What a good American he is after all. People should really try to assimilate into the American society if they want to raise the Bee Population to this extent. He should be deported immediately, but the Bees can stay since they were born here.
Bee keepers are traditionally the best naturalist since the bees are the reason we can all survive in the world we live in. But as with most people we only are concerned with what we can take form nature and not what we need to do in order to be counted into nature's balance.
Sometimes we need to give back and fight the urge to glean all of the bounty of nature. I have seen illegal loggers strip a piece of land where natural springs abounded that allowed a whole eco system to thrive. But when all the trees were stripped, the land became barren and the underground water went away as did all the wildlife and naturally plants that included the stuff that makes nature rich This particular piece of land had herbs like Golden Root, and Ginseng, but now you would be hard pressed to grow a potted flower. The unprotected land dries up and the top soil blows away.
During the 70s, I saw the land, millions of acres strip mined and after the profits were gleaned from the lands, the corporations paid their petty fines and walked away without even trying to restore nature's balance. If you fly over these areas, it looks very much like a war zone where nothing thrives in the waste land. But we all must rejoice since the neighbors are relieved the bees are gone.
I would have expected more from a Chinese person.
Mother Nature is just that, our mother. The petty greed of humans will always eventually come back to haunt us but by this mans actions, he has inadvertently provided us with many generations of bees that we will all benefit from unless some ignorant bureaucrat somehow mishandles.
Lazarus
Lazarus - Love your perspective, but unfortunately he probably has NOT provided us with future generations of bees. If you strip all the honey the hive will not survive the winter, and that's what he did. In a few months his backyard would have been full of empty boxes.
what of some of those bees illegally crossed the border? what do you do bout the anchor babees?
a bumple-ing idiot....
Getoverit... Thanks for the afternoon laugh. I so love it when people get all haughty and think they've found the best insult for someone when, oops, never mind. Jellytin was being ironic and you totally missed the boat.
A beekeeper with that many hives, knows what he is doing. He stripped them since he was selling his property and was going to let the bees starve. Up in central Alaska they do this every year with their hives as they can't survive the winters up there.
Chinese Abuzz. Bee that as it may,I don't like his stripes. Hive a nice day.
Ironboot & Getoverit ! You both do not surprise me one bit! If we were to look in our own backyard, strip mining, fossil fuel mining, deforestation to name a couple things we in American have historically done. SInce when have we Americans held ourselves to higher standards than any other culture or country! Then take a look how our government feels compelled to intervene on other countries and cultures in the name of democracy! Really, now look in our own yard before making such moronic statements!
Getoverit, I wonder if you understand the nuances between irony which Jelly was speaking and ignorance! Both you folks miss the boat, concluding your ignorance is clearly surpassed by your own simple minded stupidity!
When you join Peanut gallery in the blissful place called 'Eden' (refer back to 'Ignorance is bliss'), pull in your elbows as it seems your heaven is quite overcrowded...
Lastly, I find it humorous that those who think like you scream with bravado & arrogance, which is a wonderful mask to wear when trying to hide ignorance for intelligence. Good Luck Guys
Pure greed..sell all the honey and let the bees die of starvation. Something evil about this scenario.
First, the liberal government takes exotic wood from a guitar company, and now the liberal government takes this man's bees.
No anchor bee-bee for him!
So sad, how humans just are so greedy......I guess his skills as a beekeeper are lacking alot of common sense here. I would love to see a pack of insects raid his home take all this Chinamans food from his house and leave . Moron. I hate some people really I do.
Cheesy! Are you implying you are not human? Another who is wearing the mask of arrogance to disguise his ignorance spewing as if to be intelligent. Halloween is at the end of October but if you are so compelled to hide your stupidity year round, I can't say I blame you.
Here we go making a mountain out of a moale hill, Does this reporter know how many of our, men & women did today, in the midle east? make that your mountain, support our brave troops, that get very little news coverage.
no one gives a $hit
I support our troops...as I am sure we all do...but our troops would also like to knoow that they will have a home to come back to. People like this threaten this.
When we have no more food because of no bees to pollinate the plants, you may, then, think this is important news. The troops will always have our support. Why do they need to be splashed all over the news for us to support them?
Yes David
I thouht these were pretty important developments too:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/23/immigration-agents-file-suit-against-napolitano-over-amnesty-program/?test=latestnews
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/23/texas-judge-warns-civil-unrest-un-troop-presence-if-obama-re-elected/?intcmp=trending
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/23/watchdog-who-exonerated-obama-on-energy-loans-now-obama-donor/#ixzz24Lw3BHPM?test=latestnews
But not for NBC I guess.
And did you hear The O'Riley Report just moved to #1
Who cares about the troops? The Trumps? The General Dynamics? The Laura and Jena Bush? The Chelsea Clinton? The Loockheed Martins? The Boings? No one all they care about is money. Who cared about the Vietnam Era troops? When we were loosing nearly a thousand a week? Who? The Rockports? The Cannon towels? Now Rockports are made in Vietnam as are towels and many other household items. If you really care about the TROOPs you would insist that they come home and you would insist that your politicians REPEAL NAFTA so these troop will have jobs when they come home. Get out of there and stop making the rich richer let their kids go over there...
David,
"Here we go making a mountain out of a moale hill, Does this reporter know how many of our, men & women did today, in the midle east?"
Use spell check because your ignorance is showing. It is a mole hill not moale. Also no the reporter does not know what our men & women did today in the middle east, do you? Does he know how many died today in the middle east, probably not, but do you?
There is something really wrong with you people - A guy with 45 hives is threatening our way of life! Really? Does it say ANYWHERE in the article that his bees attacked anyone, stung anyone, did anything? No. He had a lot of bees, period. Threaten our way of life....please. Only in F**king NY would this bee an issue? They have bee cops! A bee mobile!
Did any of you think of the good his bees probably did? there are a lot of urban gardens in NY, they must of been doing something right if they were making honey, enough for him to harvest albeit too much but still. He was trying to make it right but Nah, let's just look at the negative. Especially since he has the balls to be Chinese. Would you be pissing and moaning if he was any other nationality?
creamcheesepuff - I bet you hate a lot of people in this world (or should I say anyone who has the nerve to invade your little world)
Hey DoobyDoo - so he didn't use his spell checker, OMG.
Journalists are assigned to stories. This one wasn't assigned to international affairs, genius.
Um....It's Mole Hill not moale hill and died today not, did today.
Don't be an idiot.....the support for our troops are all over the news, ads, papers and cars
The bee keeper was clueless...but YOU...are ridiculous. We are the stewards of all that we have and should care for wildlife and bees. Bees are what pollinate a lof the crops you eat and if we didn't have them, we would not have some foods necessary KEY WORD HERE "Necessary" to survive. Care about our folks over seas and they DO keep us free. That's telling him, Chris M! Young folks, go to facebook to richierighteous site.
This is US news, asshat. International News is that way. ---> Don't let the door hit you on the @$$ on the way out.
M0rons get lost and think everyone should be on their bandwagon. What's up with that?
Hive got to get out of here.
Harry, if people really supported the troops, there wouldn't be any on welfare and food stamps. They are underpaid, and often catch hell getting disability they truly need due to injuries. The military should be well compensated for the job they do, but no one is complaining to our government about the shameful salaries they're paid. I don't recall anyone complaining to the government for sending young Americans to a war every other year, knowing this would have a psychological effect on them in the long run. Just yesterday there was an article discussing the difficulty troops with PTSD and physical injuries to get disability, yet they discharge them for that very same reason. I support the troops is pure BS. I know. I spent 21 years serving this people of this country, and they really don't give a damn about those who protect them.
I applaud your passion David, and your support of the troops, I really do. However, you shoot yourself in the foot with all the spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors. What is a moale? Is it related to the little burrowing mammals we call moles? midle east instead of Middle East? Really? Do you even know when and where to place a comma? It makes you look dumb and it detracts from the merits of your argument.
Now I know that I am going to get beaten up on this thread over my insistence that the English language be used correctly, especially by lazy people whose understanding of the vernacular stems primarily from pop culture. Our school districts are continually lowering the educational standards with the dual purposes of making our population too stupid to realize what the government is doing to them, and trying to garner more money from the feds by "cooking the books" when it comes to test scores and graduation rates. There are those of you out there who will vilify me for insisting on, at the very least, using the spell check button before you post so you won't sound like an idiot. That's fine, I've been fighting that fight ever since before the Internet and text messaging even existed.
If you can't spell correctly, or use punctuation properly, how are you going to fill out a job application? Why would any potential employer give you the time of day if you can't even spell a simple word like "mole"? Why would anybody listen to your arguments for the same reason?
Whether I agree or disagree with your premise is irrelevant if, because of your inarticulate ramblings, I cannot even understand it.
some people here are just angry because they lost a leg or two in the the Korean war.
by the way i am Chinese and i love deep fried puppies.
NeighboroftheBeast -
While I agree with you regarding spelling, punctuation, grammatical errors and the frustration of trying to read some of these (and other) posts, I'll take posts with the errors versus people who don't voice their opinion at all (either by speaking or writing). At least the people who post are involved, speaking(?) their minds, sharing opinions and learning differing opinions. If you want to stop the bad spelling, etc, etc. maybe you can get MS(NBC) to make using spell checker mandatory before sending in a post?
AtomAnt
I might agree with you if his post made much sense. But you must realize that many posters on here are not really involved. They come to whine because they are unhappy with their lives, or they come to spout BS they heard elsewhere (much of the time not even knowing what it actually means) and some are simply trolls who are looking to stir up trouble and get people riled. I'm also sure some are 14 year olds who just like to try to come up with wht they think are 'witty' remarks.
I think you give too much credit to some of them. Nice but naive of you.
dsb-
You're right about some of these posters and I probably give them too much credit. Naive? I would rather be that then a self rightous, vile spewing, narrow minded, peckerhead poster like a lot of the them on this website! (present company excluded)
Seize those bees!!! hahahaha....
Abusing bees...never heard of THAT...didn't even know it was possible...but hey, mankind has always been good at @!$%#ing up things...you'd think he could have found some other beekeepers to take them for him...
@bluepanther20
If you had read the article you'd realize that he was trying to do that.
yes, I did read the article...he waited too long, then lied about how many he had, so no, from the way I see it, he didn't until it was too late.
He may have been trying to find some one to take the bees, bluepanther, but it woudl be like trying to sell a dead horse since the bees were dying of starvation and were worthless.
Sometimes you can call other bee keepers to come in and rescue the hives. Not sure about in the concrete jungle though. Here in the country they will get in attics and walls and are hard to get out and save but sometimes you can get a bee keeper to come for them. I like the sour wood honey that comes once a year. Much richer than a clover honey. We do need to try and protect the bees though if possible.
I manage large tracts of land and we have had a timber sale recently on them. They did a select cut. With that the wild life will flourish by letting some sun light into the forest floor. Old growth does not let much in. If logging is done right it can be very beneficial. I agree that clear cuts can take at least 50 years to restore and it destroys everything. But done right protecting streams and springs the land not only recovers but comes back two fold for the wild life, but this is off topic and for another post someday.
Hopefully they can save some of the bees and relocate them to farm or some place similar and let them prosper. We need all the bees we can get right now, with the hive collapse issue still in full swing, something that should concern us all, as in no bees means little to no food. Otherwise this guy is an idiot and if I was his neighbor I would've been hounding the city non stop until the situation was corrected and a manageable amount of bees left. He also clearly had no idea how to properly raise bees since he was basically starving them.
It is time
Actually, in some northern areas, beekeepers strip all the honey at the end of the year and kill the bees, because they can't overwinter them in that climate. Depends. A bigger outfit might transport all their hives south for the winter, to keep them alive, but a small outfit doesn't have that option. I lived where I could overwinter them, unless we had an unusual cold snap, but I kept bales of hay available, so I could pack the hives together and insulate them if need be. Colony Collapse is because of a disease that has been identified, so keepers can treat for it (although expensive). If he raised bees in China, he probably knew what he was doing, but it sounds like if he'd planned on killing them later, as is possible, that he stripped the honey out too soon, and was left with lots of bees scouting for food sources. This is only August. I didn't take my honey until September, and took nothing out of the two bottom boxes. They should only need 60 pounds or so to make it through the winter.
Well said. A lot of beekeepers rent their bees to farmers. We would not have ears of corn if it were not for bees... for one.
Jon - good info. Does make sense. As for the CCD I was still under the impression that they had not found a direct cause yet, but still suspect a wide range of possible reasons, of which it is probably more than just one thing. Sounds like what you talk about might be something that is addressing at least one of the reasons, possible one that is a greater player in the group. At any rate, still calling this guy an idiot, still sounds like he was lacking in his bee keeping knowledge. You would think that there would be away or someone that would winter the bees in areas like this or transport for a fee; possible niche job opportunity??
The article was a little skimpy on information about what they did with the hives. I would think that with a little care and proper location the hives could survive a Queens winter, the guy just needed a bit of help and advice.
Corn is pollinated by wind! Flowers by bees!
Yes, corn is actually a self polinator. The tassles on top sprinkle over the "hair" of the corn below it. But it does need the wind or something to shake it off.
Hopefully the bees will be given to a real beekeeper who can get them back up to health. It would be such a shame to lose that many bees. So many of our bee populations are disappearing anyway.
my bees arent disapearing this yer they multiplied to 4 times as many (THEY KEEP SWARMING )
Is LACY REALLY WILD?LOL
Bees are needed..... haven't you seen "The Bee Movie". Without bees we would be worse off than we are now. Mother nature is hitting us with the weather, so we have to be conscience about everything else.
My beekeeper's hat is off to N.Y.P.D. for the sting!
You won the Internet today.
I can't believe he got 45 hives from one hive. It's not like he bought a bunch of hives, they just multiplied. That's pretty crazy!
Ancient Chineeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssse Seeeeeeecret. ;)
Bring them here to Colorado... Our own bees have begun to disappear... There's still enough warm weather and sunflower pollen to prepare them for Winter... Our farmers would really appreciate!
I fully agree with you. We don't see many bees out here, anymore. Even in South Carolina, where I grew up, it seems like we were getting stung at an alarming rate, you don't see nearly as many bees now.
Finally, some light among all the stupid comment I've read. I was actually happy to read that so many bees stayed alive in the city. Here in L.A. I see them dead on the sidewalk all the time. It breaks my heart. I believe that bees are more useful to the environment than humans. No bees, no honey, no flowers, no plants, no life.
If you truly feel like this, siyque, then why in the hell do you even exist, let alone feel the NEED to exist? You are just like your name with those words, sick in the head. Get a life, get a brain, and get laid. Thank you. As for the humans, they may be the thing to counteract the whole colony collapse disorder. Conservation efforts by RESPONSIBLE humans have led to thriving and rebounding populations of nearly extinct species.
Hey, siyque, don't mind thetruthteller, he does not understand. I know exactly what you are saying and I agree.
@thetruthteller, I think it was the humans that caused the colony collapse disorder lol, they even named it. I've watched a few documentaries about CCD and most believe its because of an insecticide produced by Bayer (think aspirin). Its been banned in Parts of Europe. Here in the US because of lobbying you have to prove its harmful instead of proving its safe and we haven't got good enough proof or brains to stop a huge corp like Bayer. I would guess if your bees are missing the new bees would just suffer the same fate so no don't ship them to Colorado. I would guess they thrived in NYC because they were far from farmers fields. One more thing teller, they were never even close to extinct.
Great buzz on this story. Knew I just had to bite. If he doesn't take care of this he'll feel the sting of legal action against him by swarms of neighbors and city officials digging into his honey pot. Time to fly.
:) creative post, lol.
God!!! The NewsVine pun award goes to... lets hear it... ChrisMcK post 16.
What wje37fcsm said.
And everyone thought cell phones were killing them - when it was really this guy hoarding them.
I have to wonder if the spray they use to supposedly kill mosquitos isn't harming all good insects. Hardly ever see ladybugs, bees, praying mantis. It's sad what we are doing with pesticides too. Before farmers do their crop dusting, they have to call the beekeepers and let them know so they can get them inside and protected. I hope they can save these bees. I haven't seen one all summer long, not even bumble bees. There have been no flowers.
yes Mary its sad all of our farmers have monoculture crops and rely on Monsanto seeds that are genetically modified and require Roundup insecticide also produced by Monsanto who once made Agent Orange a deadly poison still effecting parts of Vietnam. Bayer also makes a widely used insecticide that may be to blame. They are both very powerful company's who lobbies government and I suspect they won't be stopped by a few bee lovers.
So was he ticketed for "bad bee-hive-your"?
Bet his favorite hairstyle is the beehive!
Oh, bee-hive!
And the police have time to investigate this--why not USDA or NYSDA? I would hope they have slightly more education in this field--
But at least the police are superior killers, they sting to death about 1000 people a year with their guns-----Everyone seems to be allergic to their stingers!--And they do not even get a slap in their faces after the stinging is over---I wonder if they can secrete "some kind of liquid" so they do not get stung/slapped back----
He's been in NY how long(?) and speaks only Mandarin?! Comeon!!!
Japan has to import bees for pollination because of the drastic decline of bees, either that or the farmers have to pollinate by hand.
What's all the buzz about?
Gues they're called...wait for it...Queens bees!!!!
Yes... this comment wins.
It is possible to save the bees - just feed them a solution of sugar and water - it would be expensive and time consuming but is possible - any bee keeper would know what to do. 45 hives with bees and supers is worth well over $15K
Unfortunately, $15K is like a month's rent in Queens.
Not to mention, the Mayor has put limits on sugary drinks, so the bees won't be able to get enough in one BIG GULP !!!
Yep. I knew a bee keeper who regularly fed his bees a sugary solution in the winter.
@ dirp, I think the Mayor has the right idea but is misinformed. He should be targeting High Fructose Corn Syrup. HFCS is what needs to be banned, feed that to the bees and they may become obese also.
"Picture 45 dogs in one apartment. It’s cruelty to the bees."
GET REAL DUDE.
C-1059824 -
I agree. Can you say Job Justification? I can see it now - bunch of cops hanging around a bar, talking about taking down bad guys and there's the B detective (is that a label or a ranking) - "Yeah, we took down a guy who had 45 hives in his backyard! Very dangerous dude! We were armed to the teeth with Raid. Luckily, we didn't have (hive) to use it. Coulda been bad!" I bet that guy just takes a ton of sh*t for bee(ing) the B detective!
I wonder what the BEE MOBILE looks like? Of course it would be painted yellow and black but how would the siren sound - BUZZZZ, BUZZZZ - maybe some bugeye headlights? Biodiesel? No way. Honey all the way! Instead of "Serve and Protect" on the side it says (Fill in the blank here I have writer's block")
Exactly. 45 hives in a backyard has nothing in common with 45 dogs in one apartment.