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If that company provides any pollination services at all to local farms, the $50k is nothing compared to the hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars o
by DiabloD3 9y ago
If that company provides any pollination services at all to local farms, the $50k is nothing compared to the hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars of potential economic damage depending on what sort of crops they assist with.
How much damage does it take to, say, get the FBI looped in on this?
- briandear 9y agoIt has to be a federal crime. If the bees where pollinating across state lines, then there might be a case. An arbitrary dollar amount doesn’t make something federal.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoEverything is a federal crime. It's enough that some of the fruit they pollinated might or might not be sold within the state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
- paulie_a 9y agoIt does in one way: priorities.
- GunlogAlm 9y agoReally? I've heard of the FBI becoming involved in the investigation of a crime seemingly due solely to its large monetary impact.
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- trisimix 9y agoMe too it was on x files
- firethief 9y agoTypically bees are used for honey or pollination, not both. Benefits to the local farms from a honey operation like this are a positive externality. If farmers were (knowingly) relying on it they'll hire pollinators (as they would if they honey people weren't there), not let the crops fail.
- s0rce 9y agoI've purchased honey from pollinators, never knew they were mostly separate.
- maxerickson 9y agoThe market value of their pollinating services is likely built into the damage figure (It's a competitive market and there probably won't be a shortage due to this one act of vandalism). A lot of field crops wind or self pollinate, so bees aren't doing anything for them anyway (corn, wheat, soy, stuff like that).