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I can’t stand someone stealing., These people are very passionate and do their best to look out for the bees. It is their livelihood and their passion. Love from Ontario

I'm an old bee keeper and a story like this makes me sick. I just do it as a hobby, but this BS makes me fighting mad.

As a bee keeper this is sad i hope they are caught

Kidnap one of the two who took the bees, get the info and burry him in a hole. The justice system refused to do its job.

@cynthusinfinite

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah my thinking too.

They should put the face of the bad guy, and the name of their company, so no one supports them... I wish them the best💯

@rodolflinner4201

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ella you beekeeper

@18Bees

3 жыл бұрын

yes but remember they were "not too Catholic" 😳

@rodolflinner4201

3 жыл бұрын

Hi

@rodolflinner4201

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ella

@tugger

3 жыл бұрын

@@18Bees protestant thieves lol

Honest hard work will always prosper. Those thieves will never thrive. Jealous, lazy and deceitful. Wish I know what brand they carry and from now on I will only patronize products from Labontès. Thank you for all that you do to serve the community.

In America. Bee theft is a felony. They are classified as livestock. I would think they would get a stiffer sentence vs Canada

@bonecholampworks

3 жыл бұрын

Our justice system is deplorable...it's just not spoken of much. In Canada, criminals have more rights than their victims. Sad but true.

@Bobcagon

3 жыл бұрын

Canada is soft on crime and it’s criminals.

@RosebudBB

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bobcagon The US isn't much better

@RosebudBB

3 жыл бұрын

@@bonecholampworks It's not very good in the US either

@bonecholampworks

3 жыл бұрын

@@RosebudBB True that... :(

Sad story greatly told. Unfortunately most people are ignorant to the impact of what the loss of bees would do to what they eat .

@cryingbroken8824

3 жыл бұрын

@Dominique Schaffner it's not the killer bees, it's the small hive beetles and various other different diseases. And humans.

@cryingbroken8824

3 жыл бұрын

Worst thing with bee theft, once out of the hives, how to tell who they belong to? Lift the frames(and bees) from one hive box to another, how to prove whose bees they really are?

@Trythis837

3 жыл бұрын

Well they aren’t a native species so I don’t honestly think we’d have much of an issue.

@MrBignick88

2 жыл бұрын

maybe the cops will catch them in a sting operation

Nice to see the CBC do something valuable

Why is the Justice system so broken all over the world. Criminals get away with it every time.

@cynthusinfinite

3 жыл бұрын

There is no justice. It is and always be an illusion.

@hyfy-tr2jy

3 жыл бұрын

Understand clearly, the global "justice system" is only there to keep us mortals in check....government doesn't like competition when it comes to corruption and organized crime

@seanaskew4842

3 жыл бұрын

Let me guess, the bees were insured....perfectly executed insurance scam

@cynthusinfinite

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanaskew4842 really? Takes one to know one.

That broke my heart to see him crying. Ppl who keep Bee's work so hard year around. It's a passion they have & knowing those Bee's probably didn't survive once transported away from their original territory. 😢

@Rattlerjake1

3 жыл бұрын

Although this incident is tragic, that claim about bees not surviving well from being transported is bull; if done correctly they do fine. Millions of hives are transported around Canada and the US many times (thousands of miles) annually for pollination and for winter storage. Packaged bees are also sent in the mail. I also question the amount of money they claim they lost for 184 hives. In the spring the bee colonies would be at their lowest population and beginning to build up and there wouldn't be more than one super on the hive. I'm assuming they were also claiming two years worth of lost income from honey and pollination services.

@michaelsmith7425

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rattlerjake1 You are correct, bees are transported just as you described for the purposes of pollination thousands of mile to different crops. However I think you missed the point that these were not transported as they should have been. A thief taking these bees would have been under time pressure and would have moved them as quickly as possible from the scene. The evidence points to this later on when they found a broken box on the side of the road, indicating that they weren't netted or strapped down properly; along with a blown tyre and still travelling indicates desire to put distance between themselves and the scene of the crime. Also running on a flat like that would shake and jostle the bees far more than would normally occur. I think the gentlemen's distress that it would have been unusually harsh on the bees was well founded.

@Rattlerjake1

3 жыл бұрын

​@@michaelsmith7425 - Maybe YOU should pay attention to what was said and what I responded with. @5:20 the narrator said, " Bees are sensitive travelers and unless they are being transported delicately, they often die in transit". This false! They are normally transported on open flat-bed semi trailers and simply strapped in place. Shipping like that is anything but "delicate". But I was mainly responding to Ginger's ignorant statement that "knowing those Bee's probably didn't survive once transported away from their original territory." Now if you want to address you're claims, I would agree that a flat tire on the trailer would cause excessive vibration, but I don't agree with your claim that they weren't secured well, just because the lost 1 hive out of 184! What is obvious is that these thieves knew what they were doing. They knew the hives were easily accessible, they picked the hives they wanted (not just took the first 184), and they only lost one hive (an acceptable loss). They likely had a buyer waiting for the hives or have an area unknown to anyone else where they could put the hives. When you watch the video you'll notice that not all of the 'boxes' are marked, so it is likely the thieves picked unmarked boxes. People who are going to steal that many beehives know how to handle hives and are NOT going to risk losing their load.

@michaelsmith7425

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rattlerjake1 Please reread what I posted, I actually agreed with you and simply hypothesized that it a smash and grab operation and not all the normal precautions would have been taken. What I said in line one of my paragraph agreed with you the second line was the hypothesis about the semi cavalier way in which the bees were transported. I did not disagree with you, nor did I agree with the premise of bees being sensitive travelers.

@Rattlerjake1

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelsmith7425 - My reply was in reference to your "However I think you missed the point". You're assuming that they were mishandled; what you aren't getting is that someone who is sealing this many hives is doing it for one of two reasons - 1) to sell them for big bucks, in which case they definitely would need the hives to be in acceptable condition for the buyer or there'd be no deal, or 2) to use for pollination services, in which they would also need the hives to be in good condition. I would agree with you if they morons were amateurs who were trying to steal a couple of hives, but these asshats knew what they were doing to get in there quickly, pick and choose the hives they wanted (as the owner stated), and get out of there leaving little to no evidence until a count was made - AND only loosing one hive. The flat tire was simply "karma", something they failed to plan for.

If we can track lost cell phones I hope we can track missing hives in future.

Sad what happened to that family Very dedicated family to their work and each other

Beekeeper. 💖💖💖🌱 sustains all living. Stay strong. Please. (F'in thieves) just devastating. Probably paid the cops. So sorry such evil people exist.

I have a short rope and a long drop.......and I only had 5 colonies . If ever knew of a bee theif I would dispense justice.....wish you and your bees healthy and long lives....Tiogapride Apiaries

How do you determine the cash value of bees? Just imagining the thieves trying to cash in their heist at the Lamborghini dealership... "Ok that'll be $200k, how do you want to pay - cash or credit?" "Well, actually, I've got some bees...."

Put cameras up that notify you on your cellphone.

@kellydrodgers8957

3 жыл бұрын

I second that. That whole beeyard needs put under video surveillance using the type of cameras used for game trails.

Theft of items related to producing income like this, or like tools, should carry double sentencing. With high minimum mandatory.

In New Zealand In the early 2000's A prison warden got funding to teach Prisoners Beekeeping, about 3 or 4 years later bee hive theft and other equipment theft became a big problem and everyone was scratching their heads but not me, I knew exactly what was happening.

@IMGreg..

3 жыл бұрын

Unintended consequences of trying to do a good thing. The road to hell eh.

Did I ever enjoy hearing this story! I never imagined people would steal bees. So glad the thieves were caught.

@IMGreg..

3 жыл бұрын

It would have never dawned on me that stealing hives was a thing. I felt for that poor man tearing up over the loss , there's a real connection to thm.

@julieenslow5915

3 жыл бұрын

Ana. One man did not do this alone. It took at least 7-8 people to load up and take them away in one night. Justice has not yet been served. The sad thing is - the Labonte family will lose more than what was stolen if they didn't do what they have done: put their focus back on the bees they have under their care. Someone needs to rat out the thieves. Those hives are probably still in the same boxes, probably painted. But a brand is there forever. They can still be caught.

@silvergreylion

3 жыл бұрын

@@julieenslow5915 Those brothers were most likely helping another family, which has relatives in the police.

@julieenslow5915

3 жыл бұрын

@@silvergreylion I do hope you are wrong. But no one is talking. I wish karma on those responsible, and on those in the know who are not talking to a federal marshal. This is a federal crime, bypass the local police, they don't have jurisdiction anyway, besides this silence is sadly suspicious.

@jessikapiche6097

2 жыл бұрын

The only justice is the one you do yourself... They already know who got the hives... They only need to hire someone to 'take care of it'... hopefully with a flamethrower...

I hate a damn thief... and he is right... there is no longer any justice in this world.

I didn't understand anything, I'm sorry. But the moment when a man says sobbingly, almost crying, I caused sad emotions.

I hope they eventually find out the whole truth! I will only be buying honey from this company just to make sure I'm not getting honey from those that stole their bees!

Such a sad story, we wish the Labonte family great success in their future bee keeping. G's Bees Apiary Guylaine Sigouin Crabtree & Jimmie Crabtree

@moewilson4605

3 жыл бұрын

Familiar with Gee’’s Bee honey as I am from Ottawa. Had a great tour of the hives. Thank you to all bee keepers great and small helping save the bees. 🐝 I hope one day the Labonte’s know the full story.

I forget that French is spoken in Canada too. I remember seeing some local program once talking about a French speaking community even in Maine and Vermont at one time. Time to put some surveillance devices in the bee yard. With hundreds of thousands of dollars in value that is a lot of temptation for criminals. I think there have been larger bee heists reported since then in the news. I did not know that making honey was a break even aspect of beekeeping.

I never hear this story until now and feel absolutely horrified by this. Hope you keep the business running and keep the bees healthy.

After 8 years of theft and vandalism in Idaho's treasure valley my son and I stopped keeping bees. Sad but true... Most beekeeping clubs are full of lowlifes.

Sorry to hear your loss, people aren't the same as when iI grew up.

I am sadly glad that this kind of crap happens not only in France...We litterally had an Eastern Europe gang stealing hundreds of hives last year in South of France. Just disgusting.

The Lord knows, and we shall ALL KNOW one day when THE BOOKS ARE OPENED!! 👀👀 JUSTICE WILL COME! just not on our time. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 TX beek

It did look like those hives were visible from the highway .So I think that was a factor in why they were targeted. Well he knows who stole the bees andI bet he will get these two brothers offed in the future.

I hope you get them back soon

hearing him sob made my heart hurt. I will keep buying labonte

I was wondering if this was about the theft from Ian at A Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog, but in the first few shots, I saw smokers, veils and no pink hive tools, so I guess not! (if you watch his channel, you will understand this ;) ) Hi Ian! Lol I have recently been seeing a KZread suggestion of one of his videos from a while back about some hives stolen that I haven't watched yet, so it was a natural connection.

What they really stole was the genetics of these bees. These bees had been raised for generations to have the right genetics.

We had a large theft of bees in Texas a couple of years ago. Right before they were to be transported to California for the almond bloom. But the worst was the case of the kids destroying over 50 hives. Poured gasoline on and burned some, and threw others into a pond.

@sheilamclaughlin963

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad Thebes didn’t dispense justic

@joshstubbs7582

3 жыл бұрын

Let the bees dispense justice

@stevendaniel6006

Жыл бұрын

@@joshstubbs7582 Death by bees it shall be!!!

Bee careful out there folks

If I was a betting man. I would bet there was someone working for them involved in this as well.

Who in their right mind would steal bees, other than a beekeeper?

The thieves need to be questioned at Gitmo .

Very sad story of people who work hard to provide a quality product, only to have wicked people steal their property. Bee keeping is hard work. That's why the average beginner bee keeper only lasts for TWO years. They find out it's hard work and your bees can die or fly away if you don't manage them well.

I will look for Labonte bees in the grocery store. I know I may need to wait a few years to find them, but I won't forget this. I love honey bees. Their society - just everything about them. Every member (except the drones!) are all in all the time and will do whatever is needed by the colony. And I don't mean disrespect to the drones - when it's their turn to mate with the queen, they give everything they have. Literally. To the Labontes: I am sorry for your loss. It is wrong and unfair on so many levels. The best revenge will be to take your bees and love them - and take your business and make it soar! As always, the best revenge will be to live well and prosper (to mix sources and sayings all at once!)

So upsetting

Mandeville is a lovely town, incidentally

Why did you not have cameras up

@seanaskew4842

3 жыл бұрын

Insurance scam

If you can brand all your woodware, GPS tag when you can. Thieves? Put out a bounty and hunt them down.

@cryingbroken8824

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. Won't last long with a price on their heads. *Someone* knows who they are. And those Someones can always be bought.😉😘

This story has a nasty sting to it

😔 pretty sure i would've quitely dispatched both of those brothers but that's just how i roll. sad world when the birds and bees are disappearing

@paulbains9152

3 жыл бұрын

They dispatched themselves , they have no name now , never to be trusted again .

@francinescott7405

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulbains9152 Agreed. Their name is nothing now.

@cynthusinfinite

3 жыл бұрын

And fast. 😢

Sounds like the criminals really got away with it.

That is messed up

*How is this even possible?* 😳

Sed story I’m very sorry for that. I been beekeeper for all my life. Lost 100% now. Dark future, but keep going forward.

Was justice ever served regarding the theft?

they should put GPS tracker (Airtags or Tile maybe) in each of their bee hive box

Sad story and great beekeeper family i like when he cry for his bees great sense im beekeeper too im search for work in canada☺

@rodolflinner4201

3 жыл бұрын

Hi

@rodolflinner4201

3 жыл бұрын

Hi

I am very sorry for your loss. I would love to get into bee keeping. For so many reasons, not just to help the bee populations. Unfortunately I have found lately that those who have the knowledge, aren't willing to share it without making a profit from their knowledge. And as long as bee keepers have that attitude, the bee keeper population will keep declining. There needs to be free courses offered to those who would be interested in keeping bees. Bees are a necessity in our eco system, without them....we die too. And to leave it up to people to learn for themselves, and lose millions of bees in the process, is just not acceptable.

Very odd that this wasn't solved. Managing 180+ hives is a lot of work, produces a lot of honey, and all were marked/branded, so that needed to be filled in with something and painted over. There would've been location data for their phones, and since they clearly weren't beginner beekeepers, someone selling supplies there would know who they are. I suspect they have relatives within the police.

@lesexpertsatf9829

Жыл бұрын

🤷‍♂️

Cool story 👍

Defund cbc

Put a gps tracker in a few hives

They need to make the penalty for stealing a farmers produce WAY MORE HARSH, or else this will not only continue, but continue to get WORSE! Like, 30 years in prison surrounded by the scariest inmates imaginable! This way, the one guy taking the fall for everyone else won't be so happy about being the fall guy.

Wheres the cameras?

Only in Canada is a bee heist this exciting

That's terrible ☹️

Well that makes me want to go out and buy Labonte honey so where can I get it

I used to think the French were all baguettes and berets, but those Quebecois fellas look like some rough old boys.

Guess bee keepers need to DNA profile their bees to proove its theirs. And fill the hive with GPS trackers.

Bees are already in great danger. Humans need to steal them too? 🤦‍♀️

Ooooooh 💔💔💔 I wish I can help 🙏🏼

@myselfjourney8279

3 жыл бұрын

Ramzan Mubarak God keep you happy 🤲

Why assume it was just simple theft? Why not agricultural sabotage? It's not beneath our largest international competitors in agricultural industry, not by a long shot.

Wow this is very sad no bees no food it made me Cray to see him so sad something fishy here maybe it was a set up

It's a problem everywhere. California has a big problem with bee rustling.

If it weren't for the CBC label, I would have fully enjoyed this story. My heart goes out to the family and those negatively effected.

Defund,cbc

I love Canada honey bees 25y ago I also work with you

It would have been nice if the bees stung the thieves to death.

Bees should not be USED for huge monetary gain. This is a problem like any other business IT CAN GET OUT OF CONTROL.. their a necessity of life WE NEED THE BEES .. my opinion THIS IS HORRIBLE WE NEED STRICT LAWS ON THEIR LIVING. Trees look like their filled with acid rain..

Thats verry verry bad That your bees where stolen.hope you catch them and have them dig THERE own hole.

white house on the hill just got 5 or 6 new hives.

Bruh I'm so dumb, I thought they were talking german or smth when I fact I understand them '_'

@GaisSacredCreations

3 жыл бұрын

At the beginning of the episode, they state that this takes place in Québec..the only unilingual French province in Canada..population 8 million with 90% first language spoken being French.

WOW justice in Canada SUCKS

He was ready to kill for his hives🐝🐝🔫🔫🧨🔪🗡🧬

People you need to lock up have high security thieves don't care so sorry you lost your bees

I find this "story" very suspect. Most farmers have guard dogs that are VERY adept at warning you about predators or any uninvited thieves that might show up. They might get away with a couple of hives but not this. Further, there are inexpensive tracking devices and other means available to secure your equipment. None of which were utilized on the LARGEST bee farm in Canada. NONSENSE! INSIDE JOB!!!!

bottom line.. mean people suck.

Carma will take care of these rustlers.

@cryingbroken8824

3 жыл бұрын

Or the geek populace will...when word trickles, as it *always* does. Eventually.🤬🤔😲there's no such thing as a forever secret.

@rickmatz4456

3 жыл бұрын

@@cryingbroken8824 whoops. I accidentally clicked thumbs down. I am sure at least 100 thieves know who did it. Including the police. One guy took the fall. That will be as far as it goes.

@stevendaniel6006

Жыл бұрын

@@rickmatz4456 This is when you put a price on their heads.

Take ALL industry from quebec and give it back to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia!

Greeks were the first ones to recognize the importance of bees and make bee-keeping a profession.

Ther is good and evil at war since time itself was made today this is a move to starve the food system ..major blow for the good guys ..

It was the French Bee Mafia

WellI think that is a shame but you must remimber the god in heaven will take care of them 10 fold . Rob.

Ask Trudeau…

I'll be that guy.. first

Story is good. Sorry for their losses. But stop saying 5 millions bees! This really annoys me. Nobody count bees individually! And 200k for 184 hives? Are you kidding me? More than $1000/Hive? That's a hell of expensive hive.

@nztasha

3 жыл бұрын

It probably includes the lost income from pollination contracts they couldn’t fulfil anymore without those 184 hives.

@RICDirector

3 жыл бұрын

You really think anybody is going to 'get' it if you say '184 hives with twenty pounds of bees each'? Noooope. Guaranteed. 5 million is a lot more relatable for the general public, which is the point of such a publication.

@andywhite9932

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with cawwt. Very expensive.

@billmonczka7197

3 жыл бұрын

That estimate might be low. First the cost of the boxes. The frames. The covers. A starter of bees is 175$ US. Plus honey is running $8 a pound. Could be 30 pounds in a hive or more. Then the wax is valuable. Bees wax is in a lot of products.

@chuckdiesle

3 жыл бұрын

@@billmonczka7197 here in Canada a package goes 260$ and a nuc goes for 285ish at least here on the west coast. But I agree if you cost in wax honey materials etc.

Speak English please