Husband and Wife divorce. Husband is ordered to pay child support for Daughter.
Husband stops paying child support in the fall of 2009. Husband alleges that he was unable to work due to illness, but produces no corroboration.
Law enforcement authorities set out to attach some of Husband’s property to auction it off to reduce Husband’s child support arrearages.
And the authorities do in fact seize … four beehives on Husband’s property. Worth less than one fifth of the amount of Husband’s arrearages.
Read more in this Russian News and Information Agency RIA Novosti article: Bees seized.