#Brazoria County Crime Stoppers

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Police are investigating after someone burned dozens of beehives just south of Houston over the weekend. One of the beekeepers, who cares for the hives owned by the Brazoria County Beekeepers Association, said the loss is truly staggering: "We're looking at 500,000 to 600,000 [bees] that have been destroyed,” Steve Brackman told CNN affiliate KTRK. Brazoria County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information related to the crime, while the beekeepers association is offering a $1,000 reward and is asking for donations to help it recover. (📸: Brazoria County Crime Stoppers) http://bit.ly/2JbXAfV

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Someone burned beehives in Texas and killed more than half a million bees

Police want to know who burned dozens of beehives in a town just south of Houston. One of the beekeepers said the losses are truly staggering.

“We’re looking at 500,000 to 600,000 (bees) that have been destroyed out of that environment,” Steve Brackmann, who sells beekeeping supplies and queen bees, told CNN affiliate KTRK.

“It’s bad enough to think in today’s world this would happen but dumping them over and then setting fire to them is beyond comprehension,” the association wrote in a Facebook post. “Club has offered a reward to lead to conviction and anyone with info please forward it to the sheriff’s office.”

Brazoria County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000. The beekeepers association is offering a $1,000 reward as well as asking for donations to help it recover from the losses.

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Texas police want to know who burned dozens of beehives, killed more than half a million bees

HOUSTON — Police want to know who burned dozens of beehives in a town just south of Houston.

One of the beekeepers said the losses are truly staggering.

“We’re looking at 500,000 to 600,000 (bees) that have been destroyed out of that environment,” Steve Brackmann, who sells beekeeping supplies and queen bees, told CNN affiliate KTRK.

The carnage was discovered early Saturday morning by a Brazoria County Sheriff’s deputy, who noticed several bee boxes on fire in Alvin, Texas. Some of the boxes had been tossed into a nearby pond. The Brazoria County Beekeepers Association owned the 24 colonies of bees that were on the site.

“Its bad enough to think in today’s world this would happen but dumping them over and then setting fire to them is beyond comprehension,” the association wrote in a Facebook post. “Club has offered a reward to lead to conviction and anyone with info please forward it to the sheriffs office.”

Brazoria County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000. The beekeepers association is offering a $1,000 reward as well as asking for donations to help it recover from the losses.

Brackmann points out that the loss of the bees has serious consequences for the environment. Populations of bees are declining because of the use of insecticides, he told KTRK, leaving fewer bees to pollinate certain crops.

“Tomatoes, squash, watermelons, bees pollinate those,” he said. “So if bees don’t pollinate those, you get zero vegetables, we would see next to nothing in the vegetable stores.”

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/05/01/texas-police-want-to-know-who-burned-dozens-of-beehives-killed-more-than-half-a-million-bees/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2019/05/01/texas-police-want-to-know-who-burned-dozens-of-beehives-killed-more-than-half-a-million-bees/

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A 22-year-old man who allegedly tried to abduct a 15-year old Alvin girl has been identified as Steven Salazar.  

Deputies said Salazar may have had other victims in the area.

The sheriff’s office is urging anyone with information on this case to call 979-864-2392 or Brazoria County Crime Stoppers at 800-460-2222.