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You seem rather dismissive of or blind to the problems that someone living next to a beekeeper can face if that beekeeper doesn't give a damn. And I say that as someone who has three hives in his garden. The OP has a right to quiet enjoyment of his garden

A solicitor would probably recommend mediation as a first step. And some local authorities offer or used to offer a mediation service.

If you have legal expenses insurance attached to your household policy, activate it and get advice from a solicitor.

Is there any reason these frames can't be put through a steamer and the wax replaced?

No, it was the small claims track of the county court, abbreviated to small claims court in common parlance.

Had I been advising you in a legal capacity I would have asked how the hives are accessed. If they can be reached without causing damage, say by climbing over a gate, I would have suggested writing to the landowner asking for access to retrieve your property at a set time. If he did not come...

This time next year....

I think you've missed the pirate's point.

Surely your original post was a day early.

That was my thought too.

Lurk, learning from the advice given to others, until you've also learnt the ways of our members. I realised long ago that those with the sharpest tongues are often those whose advice can be the best. Unfortunately one or two of them frequently snipe rather than explain.

The OP's 300 miles north of you. It'll be two or three weeks at least before he sees any laurel.

Which one is you?

Some frozen foods come with wool insulation instead of polystyrene. I've been using that in some hives

So any time between January and December if you were born and brought up in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Sounds good to me (the second part of the sentence, that is).

A council is going to have to feel strongly enough to put money into bringing a prosecution, a beekeeper into defending it and whoever loses taking it to a higher and yet higher court. Is there a Yorkshireman in the house?

We seem to be at cross purposes. You're referring to Zina's problems and others to someone else. But two Welsh apiaries subject to this sort of vandalism suggests a degree of co-ordination.

He would only "know" what was presented in evidence.

I read the answer without reading who you were replying to. I assumed it was JBM