Overview

• An unknown person removed the lids from seven hives near Eberbach during the night and threw them into the Neckar River.
• A cyclist described by police as likely knowledgeable about bees discovered the exposed colonies the next morning.
• The rider alerted the beekeeper, preventing rain from killing the bee colonies.
• Authorities in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis have opened a Sachbeschädigung case, and no suspect has been identified.
• News reports are based on a police statement disseminated by the dpa news agency.