84-year-old beekeeper faces financial loss after neighbor's hives are removed.

Richard Marquette, an 84-year-old beekeeper from Citrus County, discovered a troubling situation in late July when he visited his vacant lot. His twenty hives, containing around two million bees and valued between $8,000 and $16,000 in honey, had disappeared. Each hive was marked with his initials and state registration number, crucial for his income while on medical leave from Walmart. Instead of bees, he found contractors cutting trees on his property. When he inquired about the hives, he was informed they had been "moved" by someone claiming ownership of the land.