For a month, Russia has been searching for a truck carrying 1,728 bees from Uzbekistan that were not subject to mandatory quarantine. This was reported by the Shot Telegram channel on Sunday, May 10.
According to the authors of the article, the truck crossed the border checkpoint in the Astrakhan region in early April. After that, the car was supposed to be quarantined in one of the villages of the Kurgan region, but it suddenly disappeared.
“Keeping bees in a sanitary zone is a mandatory measure, because southern insects can carry serious diseases,” the publication says.
Local residents said there were no plans to accept bees for sanitary measures in the quarantine zone in the Kurgan region. According to them, there are no beehives and necessary equipment there.
“Now the truck carrying Uzbek bees and the driver are being searched throughout Russia. The beekeepers also wrote to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of the Interior, he writes. shot.
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