North Vancouver church feeling the sting of stolen beehive
Global News
Around 20,000 bees and their hive were stolen from St. Andrew's United Church last Wednesday. Police say they have few leads and are asking for the public's help.
The normal buzz around a North Vancouver church has suddenly been silenced after the congregation’s beehive was stolen last week.
For two years, St. Andrew’s United Church has kept tens of thousands of Italian honey bees on their back lawn. The flying insects not only lift the spirits of the congregants, they also pollinate the surrounding plants.
But on Sept. 27, the beloved beehive disappeared from the church grounds.
“I was very upset. I thought, ‘Who would do this?’” said church minister Rev. Judith Hardcastle.
She says she pulled up to the church Wednesday morning right in front of the beehive and it was still there, but by the afternoon, she received a message from the office administrator asking her what happened to the bees.
Confused, Hardcastle went to check on the hive only to find it gone without a trace.
The church got the hive from an urban beekeeping company but maintenance costs around $4,000 per year, according to Hardcastle. She says it’s money well spent and the church received around 100 small jars from the company which it would sell at fundraisers.
“We do everything we can to live in a green way, and pollinators are really at risk, so we decided that would be our next project,” Hardcastle said.
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