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.
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.
What is it with butchers and honey? My bee buddy suggested to his regular butcher that he should stock some of our product and the butcher instantly agreed. A year later a butcher from one of Leeds' more upmarket suburbs spotted some jars of our honey in a deli he was delivering sausage rolls...
Get a Jaguar XE and a bee buddy with a large hatchback. The XE has a tiny boot, so he has to carry the equipment in his vehicle, getting that muddy on the farm track, and, for convenience sake, he has to store it all at his place.