A grocery store in Pennsylvania got a not-so-sweet deal when nearly 60,000 bees were stolen from one of its pollinator farms.
The GIANT Company has alerted beekeepers in the area after three beehives and their colonies were stolen from the company headquarters in Harrisburg Pike between Jan. 28-30.
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“Bees are an essential part of our food supply chain and having these beehives were one way we were helping to address the declining bee population here in our hometown community,” said Community Impact Manager Jessica Groves in a press release to the Washington Examiner.
Middlesex Township Police Department said it suspects the thieves parked a vehicle in the grass off the road to load up the beehives, according to a press release.
The stolen hives’ estimated value is about $2,000, the company said.
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The company first introduced the pollinator-friendly meadow in 2020, citing bees’ importance to their food supply.
