https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/04/manuka-honey-wars-new-zealand-crime-booming-industry-poisoning-beatings?CMP=share_btn_fb
What could possess someone to poison that many hives? I can see the gain is stealing them but what gain is there in poisoning them when the price is golden?
Quote from: Acebird on November 08, 2016, 08:17:24 AM
What could possess someone to poison that many hives? I can see the gain is stealing them but what gain is there in poisoning them when the price is golden?
They get frustrated and quit making the honey.
In western FL, if you place a hive on your land or a friends land in Tupilo territory and the local beeks find out about it, they will burn your hives.
Jim
Acebird,
It's called "getting rid of the opposition"
Nico
There is a fair amount of discussion of this on the New Zealand beekeeping forum
http://www.nzbees.net/forums/commercial-beekeepers.31/
Also NZ is trying to trademark the term "Manuka Honey" to stop Australian producers using it.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-26/australian-honey-producers-concerned-by-nz-attempt/7789180
Manuka sites here are starting to become hotly contested here too (that's as nice as I can put it).