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Can I sue my beekeeper neighbor? (self.legaladvice)

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Every day i see my neighbor's bees flying around my garden stealing the pollen or nectar from my flowers. Then the bees go back to my neighbor and creates honey. My neighbor then harvests the honey and sells it at the farmers market for profit. I have never recieved so much as a jar of honey as compensation and everyday my neighbors bees trespass and steal my flowers. I was stung once when I was a child, so i know how dangerous bees can be.

The way i see it, this is equivalent to a persons dog coming into my yard to steal balls or tools then gives it back to his owner who then sells it for profit.

Do i have legal ground to sue? What type of things should I begin documenting in order to prepare for a legal battle? What would be a fair settlement amount if my neighbor doesnt want to take this to court? Thanks for the help.

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[–]53045248437532743874Quality Contributor 13ポイント14ポイント  (6子コメント)

How are you going to establish which pollen grains were harvested by your neighbor's bees and which were harvested by others' bees (or free range bees)?

[–]Dew77 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

Tagging bees with tiny collars

[–]YairJ 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

After shooting them with tiny tranquilizing darts.

[–]Capricola 20ポイント21ポイント  (1子コメント)

I really hope this is a troll. Because I literally cannot contain my laughter right now.

[–]KBbean 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah I laughed pretty hard at this when I read it. DH looked at me wondering what the hell was so funny, then he laughed too. I do enjoy troll posts that just make you laugh instead of getting you mad.

[–]reddituser1211 13ポイント14ポイント  (5子コメント)

You should prepare for your neighbor to countersue you, assuming you haven't paid the fair value for the pollination services performed by his bees.

[–]polarbear_rodeo 4ポイント5ポイント  (4子コメント)

I was about to say something similar. If anything the bees would be beneficial to the garden in their pollinating of the plants. Are "pollination services" something you can actually hire someone to do?

[–]IGuessItsMe 8ポイント9ポイント  (3子コメント)

Yes indeed, and it is a substantial market. Beekeeping/Pollination companies make good money by transporting hives for this very purpose.

OP has been the real beneficiary here.

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[–]reddituser1211 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

Honestly, I was in character for OPs trolling and was going to respond to /u/polarbear_rodeo with something about $80 on the street corner. Who knew you'd come up with a link.

[–]polarbear_rodeo 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

It sounded like something that was right on the line where it could either be entirely true and just not common knowledge or complete bullshit. You never know. Now I'm imagining tiny bees in uniforms with clipboards going to their job site for the day.

[–]reddituser1211 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

it could be entirely true ... Or complete bullshit

All the more beautiful that it proved to be both.

[–]derspiny 5ポイント6ポイント  (11子コメント)

What are your damages? How much have you spent to offset the lost pollen?

[–]Linguist208 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

You just won reddit.

[–]BUBBLYSTRING 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Lololol

[–]promnesiac 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Please sue. Please. Then provide an update for my amusement.

[–]KBbean 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

gotta say, this is a unique troll post.

[–]s-dubya 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Are you serious or is this a terrible troll attempt? Either way get help.

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Can I sue my beekeeper neighbor?

Every day i see my neighbor's bees flying around my garden stealing the pollen or nectar from my flowers. Then the bees go back to my neighbor and creates honey. My neighbor then harvests the honey and sells it at the farmers market for profit. I have never recieved so much as a jar of honey as compensation and everyday my neighbors bees trespass and steal my flowers. I was stung once when I was a child, so i know how dangerous bees can be.

The way i see it, this is equivalent to a persons dog coming into my yard to steal balls or tools then gives it back to his owner who then sells it for profit.

Do i have legal ground to sue? What type of things should I begin documenting in order to prepare for a legal battle? What would be a fair settlement amount if my neighbor doesnt want to take this to court? Thanks for the help.