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Stealing beehives has long been a problem but never at this level
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French beekeepers have been stung by a wave of thefts of their hives, which they blame on rising demand and plummeting honey bee populations due to pesticides, the Asian hornet and climate change.
Last month in the southwestern Occitanie region alone, some 157 hives were reported stolen by four professional beekeepers in a week.
Stealing beehives has existed “since the dawn of time”, according to the national French keepers’ union, including among keepers themselves, but never at this level.
“What has changed is the number of mass thefts - 15 hives at a time. ,” union president Frank Alétru told Le Parisien. “Before, that didn’t happen.”
Iconic restaurants in Upstate New York: 13 quintessential places to dine
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Creating a list of iconic Upstate New York restaurants can be a difficult task, even in normal times. One person’s icon may not be another’s, especially if their favorite candidate didn’t make the list. And, in the current pandemic era, it remains difficult because so many iconic establishments have temporarily we hope suspended or markedly reduced services.
Consider the Franklin Lunch & Grill in Syracuse that recently closed after 58 years; the upscale, classic French restaurant LaSerre in downtown Albany that just folded after 43 years; the racing-season stalwart Siro’s that gave up the ghost after 75 years in Saratoga Springs, the 77-year-old Cornell’s in Schenectady’s Little Italy, and so on.