A resident of the Altai region must pay 2 million rubles due to the mass death of bee colonies

A resident of the Altai region must pay 2 million rubles due to the mass death of bee colonies. This was reported by the joint press service of the region's courts.

The incident occurred in the summer of 2025 at an apiary, where 91 colonies were affected within a few days, and eight died completely. The apiary owner linked the event to pesticide treatment on a neighboring farm's fields.

The defendant did not admit the claims, arguing that he did not use insecticides on his land, and there are other agricultural fields within a 7 km radius, so the causal link was not proven.