Police investigate theft of 80 beehives worth $150,000 from NSW property

Police are investigating the theft of 80 beehives worth $150,000 from a rural property near Bonshaw in NSW's northern tablelands between late March and early May. The cream-colored boxes with blue base boards were stolen from Bruxner Way, 15 kilometers west of Bonshaw. Local beekeeper Mitch McLennan suspects another apiarist took them, citing desperation from varroa mite devastation.

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