Thieves create buzz by stealing beehive

There's beehive bedlam in Norfolk after a hive containing thousands of bees hibernating over the winter was stolen, according to the Daily Mirror.

Hives are typically home to between 20,000 and 60,000 of the insects, which can live in vast colonies, but would have been none the wiser that they have now become part of a potential sting operation.

The hive was taken from a community garden in Norwich, between December 13 and 22, say Norfolk police.

A Norfolk Police spokesman said: "It would have taken two people to move the structure.

"Police are keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information concerning the whereabouts of the stolen hive."

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50,000 bees worry Orlando neighborhood

ORLANDO -- 

An Orlando woman says she’s fed up with no one taking responsibility for a massive beehive right outside her property.

Jessie Green and her neighbor said the massive beehive is on a tree on the other side of their property line near South Orange Blossom Trail and Central Florida Parkway.

Green said they’ve called the county, they’ve called animal control and have even complained to their neighborhood association and all they’re told is that they have to pay $200 to have it removed. They feel it’s unfair and said it’s a safety hazard. They want help.

“Please come and help us get these bees away from here because they’re too many children around here, due to the safety of the kids,” Green said. “My husband comes out here to fish. There’s over 50,000 bees. We didn’t even know it was here. I mean, it’s kind of crazy.”

Green’s neighbor said in the afternoon, you can actually hear the bees hovering around it and fear someone’s going to stung soon.

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