Thieves strike striking stroke in a petting zoo: thousands of bees stolen

Zemst children's farm ’t Gulderijtje in Weerde last weekend very special thieves on the floor. They went with a bijenpak, a broom and a few thousand bees to get. This threatens the sale of the honey, which is one-tenth of the annual cost of the petting zoo, which covers sting to get. The owner of ’t Gulderijtje should make a complaint.

Gert Of the Forest, the children's farm seven years ago, opened to the social cohesion between neighbours in the Gulderij in Weerde to promote, had last weekend, still a couple of times the eyes blink when he saw the loot the thieves had made. “When I Sunday at the bee hotel wanted, I found my bijenpak not more”, tells Of the Forest. “I was, however, sure that I the on the familiar place had laid. It quickly became clear that something was not kosher, because the broom which I the bees of the combs should sweep without damaging them, was gone. When opening a few hives, I knew immediately that more was going on. In the cupboards were significantly less bees than normal. I estimate that there is certainly some thousands of bees have disappeared.”

Proceeds honingverkoop

The theft delivers Gert Of the Forest a great deal of headaches. Therefore, if the yield of the honey that the bees produce this year there are a lot lower than normal. “And let the annual revenue is now just about a tenth of the cost of the operation of the farm carry. Last year we collected 1.600 euro with the honingverkoop. If the thieves with a significant number of bees to get, then this can obviously have consequences for the honey production. In addition, it is also particularly unfortunate that the perpetrators of the work that I with heart and soul do just destroy.”