This is an open letter to the person who looked for the answer to this question on my website:
Dear Angry Person,
In case you hadn’t noticed, the world population is edging toward 7 billion—that’s a 7 with nine zeros after it. Among these people are a whole lot that don’t like each other, and many who don’t like anything at all.
I don’t know what your problem is, whether you dislike bees, have an allergy, or don’t like your neighbor. But whatever the problem, you are definitely taking the wrong approach.
Talk to your neighbor about the problem or, if you can’t do that, talk through an intermediary. Go to a lawyer if you must, but do not try to kill your neighbor’s bees. You will only make your problem worse.
I have had neighbor problems in the past (nothing to do with bees) and I know it can be frustrating. The thing that helped us prevail, however, is that we stayed on the right side of the law. We let our neighbor do the dirty tricks, the trespassing, the theft, the stalking, and the slander. By the end, even his own lawyer didn’t believe him. Hard as it may be not to retaliate, it is the only thing a reasonable, productive member of society can do.
I guarantee that no one will look at you favorably for killing someone else’s bees. You just make yourself look stupid.
So go find someone to help you resolve this problem through negotiation. If your neighbor is in the wrong by keeping bees where it is not allowed, he will have to do things differently. If he is doing nothing wrong, then you are the one who will have to change. Get used to it. Get a life.
Rusty
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Also, it’s apparently against the law to kill a beehive in Washington! (and maybe other places that care about agriculture?)
Yes, there’s that too. It’s illegal almost everywhere.
Kill honeybess? They pollinate 90% of crops in the entire world…without them the US would be limited to a diet of…wheat, rice, and corn. Farming would be astronomically expensive as crops would need to be “hand pollinated.”
If for some reason they are bothering you…why not ask your neighbor to relocate them (aka have a grown-up type of conversation) or better yet… why not do some research and change your attitude. You might realize the importance of honeybees in the world and locate a few hives on your land to help increase the bee population. In the US the honey bee has decreased 90%. Europe has already realized the catastrophic effects of this…but the US lags behind.
In addition, research what Einstein said about how when the honeybees die-off humanity would follow “4 years later” due to severe food shortages.
Now go pat your neighbor on the back for doing a good deed for humanity … and that includes you.
You are a moron! If you do (kill your neighbor’s bees) there is a real big fine and a jail sentence in store for you.