Alfonzo Perez and the vandals

100 hives were stored at
Mike Hickenbottoms place
Belonging to Alfonzo Perez
It was their winter base

Leased to do the pollination
Of various Almond trees
But on a Saturday morning
Were vandalised and the bees

Around 200,000 were murdered
At a stroke
When deisel fuel was poured on them
And clearly thats no joke

The Sheriff now at Monterey
Is investigating he
Knows the neighbour
Was displeased that the hives
Had to be

So close to his family home
Where his children dare not play
For fear of being stung by bees
Thats what Mike did say

Russian Bees are friendlier
And varroa it appears
Do not affect the Russian Bees
As much and so the fears

That the neighbours children would be stung
Apparently isnt so
And the fact is Alfonzo Perez
Is in trouble as we know

The loss amounts to £50,000 dollars
Which is huge
And no one really understands the extent
Of subterfuge

What we can say is its terrible
To slaughter all these Bees
And it might be down to ignorance
And the loss to of the fees

Paid for leasing out his Bees
Together with the Bees
Is terrible for the keeper
And ofcourse the almond trees

Whoever carried out this crime
Lets hope they are soon caught
And go fund me has been set up
To try now to support

MIke Hickenbottom
Prunedale property
ECho Valley Road
California