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Paul says one proposal is to establish a central database to ensure that information about thefts and the people and organizations behind the thefts is shared more efficiently.Д¬rime information now is held regionally. вЂњWe are discussing ways in which we can, with the assistance of police mount a planned, managed and sustained program to combat this problem,вЂќ CEO Paul says. Its members include some of the countryвЂ™s biggest beekeeping companies, many of which are major producers and exporters of high value manuka honey.

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They can do so, he says, by reporting suspicious vehicles carrying beehives to police and taking note of the registration number and description of the vehicle.ДЄpiculture NZ is the peak body representing the beekeeping and honey products industry. вЂњEven if people are not directly involved in the beehive industry, they can still help.вЂќ вЂњItвЂ™s common for thieves to shift the hives in small utes (pickups) or trailers in rural areas,вЂќ Macmillan says. Macmillan says the pair were arrested after police received information from the owners of the hives, which were later recovered from a property 24 miles from the crime scene. Police made an arrest in this case and charged a man over a number of beehive and honey thefts in the region.Д®lsewhere, two men have been charged with stealing 65 beehives from a property near Whanganui, 125 miles northwest of Wellington. In the most recent incident, NZ$500,000 (US$364,510) worth of hives were stolen from a pine forest in Northland.

Macmillan is looking to the public to help prevent these thefts, which are particularly common in the Northland and central regions of the North Island. Alasdair Macmillan says crime now is costing apiarists millions of dollars a year. NZ Police community policing coordinator Senior Sgt. The criminal focus on the industry comes as a Westpac Bank report said New ZealandвЂ™s honey exports had risen 3,000% in 16 years.

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Keep serial numbers or another identification number engraved on hives so they can be easily identified if stolen.вЂќ вЂњUse motion sensor lights and security cameras where possible. вЂњThis could mean within a locked fenced-off area or hidden behind property. вЂњKeep beehives out of sight from potential thieves,вЂќ Macmillan says. In the meantime, police are encouraging beekeepers to take their own actions. The working group will look at the ways to gather improved intelligence about thefts and how stolen hives are processed, and to monitor hive movements more proactively. вЂњHopefully a coordinated response will prevent more beekeepers from becoming victims, and will improve the intel we have on these offenders.вЂќ

вЂњWe do not believe this is just a few individuals, but it is potentially criminal activity occurring on a much wider scale,вЂќ NZ Police community policing coordinator Senior Sgt. Police are meeting with the Ministry of Primary Industries, Apiculture NZ, government food safety and biosecurity services company AsureQuality, and associated government and non-government organizations involved in the honey industry.ДЄ working group to formulate a national, coordinated standard is planned to prevent further increases in the theft of beehives and honey. вЂњWe would like to address this issue nationwide so that we have a coordinated response.вЂќ вЂњPreviously itвЂ™s been sort of a regional thing, you know, a hiveвЂ™s been stolen somewhere around the country and the local police will be involved.вЂќ Paul tells Newstalk ZB radio.

With the sector now awash with money, Apiculture NZ chief executive Daniel Paul says the crime problem has escalated to the point that a coordinated, nationwide solution must be found. The government and a consortium of private sector companies aim to boost the value of the manuka honey industry to NZ$1.2 billion (US$874.7 million) a year by 2028. However, most of their products are significantly lower value than New Zealand honey, with an average export price of 91 cents to US$2.73 a lb., compared with New Zealand at US$8.18/lb. New Zealand is the third-largest global exporter of honey on a value basis behind China and Argentina. The big attraction is manuka honey, which last season saw bulk prices reach NZ$60 a kg (US$19.88/lb.).Д¬onsumer New Zealand magazine notes a 500-gram (17.6 oz.) jar of manuka honey sells locally for NZ$73 (US$55.22), more than for a bottle of champagne. By- Alan Harman Organized crime is targeting New ZealandвЂ™s lucrative honey industry, threatening its NZ$242-million- (US$176.5-million-) a-year export market.ДЄt a recent meeting, New Zealand Police and Apiculture New Zealand agreed to work together to find solutions to the growing problem of organized beehive thefts that are costing apiarists millions of dollars.

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