Vandals kill 200,000 bees

[Catherine]

I don't know how the boys will be charged or how it will work out. I will try to keep an eye on the case. 
They can be charged as adults, but I doubt they will do that. The number of bees was half a million, but the dollar value is lower.
Sadly they could just get probation.

The California case is different and so is the state law. They think it might be an adult neighbour who killed the bees and did property damage. I don't know what charges they can make stick.

You are right, most of the cases have been in the USA. I can think of two in Toronto, but they did less damage. We don't have bee yards with half a million bees so the numbers were smaller. The intent might have been the same. I believe there have been other cases in Canada. I will do some searching. There was a case in Nova Scotia. There have been some cases in England.

What I don't understand is why there is even one case.