" So, where are bee hives showing up?"

some hives have been discovered already and in other circumstances they are asking the public for more information.

"how many of these incidents are just neighbors bee-ing upset that the neighbor has a hive, and so bees are flying around, and they will sting you?"

If authorities knew how many were neighbors then they wouldn't still be asking the public for information to lead to an arrest in a myriad of circumstances...

Feel free to check out the related articles below as well to find more information and you could always venture to do your own research on the topic 👍😄 there are literally hundreds of news reports out there detailing the various thefts.
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