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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 69ポイント70ポイント  (7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 43ポイント44ポイント  (1子コメント)

Tagging bees with tiny collars

[–]YairJ 22ポイント23ポイント  (0子コメント)

After shooting them with tiny tranquilizing darts.

[–]Capricola 142ポイント143ポイント  (12子コメント)

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

[–]The_R4ke 23ポイント24ポイント  (5子コメント)

Definitely a troll, if you look at his comment history it's pretty obvious.

[–]Capricola 20ポイント21ポイント  (4子コメント)

That is good to hear, because honestly anything like this wouldn't surprise me anymore. My neighbor tried to sue me at one point because he didn't like me changing my oil in my own garage and wanted me to go to a mechanic to do it.

[–]The_R4ke 6ポイント7ポイント  (3子コメント)

That's ridiculous.

[–]Capricola 16ポイント17ポイント  (2子コメント)

His claim in court was that me changing my oil in the garage devalued his property value because my oil would drain into the ground and destroy his yard. Thankfully I kept all my oil recycle receipts to prove no I properly disposed of it I care for the environment.

[–]The_R4ke 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's sad the some people have such a misguided view of the world.

[–]KBbean 21ポイント22ポイント  (5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.

[–]lllDOWNEYlll 4ポイント5ポイント  (4子コメント)

DH as in Da Husband? Da Hubby?

[–]Self-Aware 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

Depending on relationship happiness level, tends to be either Dear or Damn Husband.

[–]yourpaleblueeyes 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

Deranged Husband is sometimes appropriate at my house. Just sayin'.

[–]derspiny 34ポイント35ポイント  (19子コメント)

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

[–]reddituser1211 85ポイント86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 30ポイント31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 48ポイント49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.

One Example

[–]reddituser1211 7ポイント8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 7ポイント8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 3ポイント4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.

[–]Thrwayaway001 13ポイント14ポイント  (3子コメント)

NAL or an apiarist. A beellion seems fair to me.

[–]SirChungus[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

What does this mean? Thanks.

[–]Charadin 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

NAL means "Not A Lawyer" here and is used to indicate that the advice they give might not have the strongest legal standing. An Apiarist is someone who raises and keeps bees either as a hobby, for science, or for profit. When he says " a beellion", he's making a pun, saying that "a billion" (dollars) seems like a fair settlement to him.

[–]SirChungus[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thank you very much. Makes sense now.

[–]promnesiac 14ポイント15ポイント  (0子コメント)

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

[–]girlnamedlance 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

Any lawyer worth their stripes would tell you to buzz off.

[–]lllDOWNEYlll 9ポイント10ポイント  (4子コメント)

I didn't know KenM was on here too.

[–]SirChungus[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (3子コメント)

What?

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

    My pastor says that marriage should only be between a man and his wife

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    [–]KBbean 13ポイント14ポイント  (1子コメント)

    gotta say, this is a unique troll post.

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

    but I love how seriously upset some people are getting

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    You just won reddit.

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    Lololol

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

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    [–]Xyoloswag420blazeitX 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I was stung once as a child so I know how dangerous bees can be

    I was stung over 200 times in the span of several minutes as a child, I also took basic science classes in school as a child and know how crucially important bees are to the ongoing health of our environment, particularly as their populations continue to collapse.

    Unless they're swarming your back yard by the hundreds you have no conceivable grievance here.

    [–]dontthink19 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Buy a greenhouse, put over garden, Sue for greenhouse cost

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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.