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This has got to be the best story I've read in a long time.... 
Thousands of bees which were stolen from a Cornish country estate have returned by themselves after apparently fleeing their captors.
More than 400,000 of the insects were stolen in five hives – and the culprit is believed to be another local beekeeper.
They were stolen from Tresillian House in an audacious heist – with the culprit’s tyre tracks in the grass as the only evidence. Police said they believed the hives were being stored locally, but now the bees have started to return of their own accord.
If bees are moved less than a mile away they go back to where they were before. They will probably all come back if they are chasing after a smell, that’s our hope.’ The five hives were taken between 6pm on June 11 and 6am on June 12. Head beekeeper Guy Barnes said he has been left ‘stressed and emotional’ by the theft. He said each hive contained 80,000 bees and removing all five would have required expertise and a large vehicle.
Guy also believes it must have been carried out by another beekeeper as beehives are heavy and tricky to transport and handle.
He said: ‘It might have been for the money, but I don’t know. Unfortunately my gut feeling is it’s another keeper.’
Thousands of bees which were stolen from a Cornish country estate have returned by themselves after apparently fleeing their captors.
More than 400,000 of the insects were stolen in five hives – and the culprit is believed to be another local beekeeper.
They were stolen from Tresillian House in an audacious heist – with the culprit’s tyre tracks in the grass as the only evidence. Police said they believed the hives were being stored locally, but now the bees have started to return of their own accord.
If bees are moved less than a mile away they go back to where they were before. They will probably all come back if they are chasing after a smell, that’s our hope.’ The five hives were taken between 6pm on June 11 and 6am on June 12. Head beekeeper Guy Barnes said he has been left ‘stressed and emotional’ by the theft. He said each hive contained 80,000 bees and removing all five would have required expertise and a large vehicle.
Guy also believes it must have been carried out by another beekeeper as beehives are heavy and tricky to transport and handle.
He said: ‘It might have been for the money, but I don’t know. Unfortunately my gut feeling is it’s another keeper.’
