In the case of the mass death of bees in the Lebedyansky district of the Lipetsk region, an inspection was carried out by prosecutors, during which a new violator was identified, said Tatyana Tkacheva, senior assistant to the prosecutor of the Lipetsk region.

As it turned out, the death of thousands of beneficial insects occurred as a result of the criminal acts of LLC Lebedyanskoye, owned by the investment firm Agronova-L. The company has violated safety requirements regarding the circulation of pesticides and agrochemicals.

So, local farmers carried out a pesticide treatment of the culture for which it was not intended. The company did not conduct annual soil surveys, and the chemicals were stored and taken into account, violating sanitation standards.

Based on the results of the audit, four criminal cases were opened against the chief agronomist of the company, as well as the legal entity itself. The farm will have to pay a fine of 210 thousand rubles, and the chief agronomist of the company is fined 52 thousand rubles.

Recall that in the Lipetsk region was recorded the mass death of bees due to chemical poisoning. According to the agricultural department, almost 1.7 thousand bee families fell victim to negligent farmers.

In the Lipetsk region there are 87 registered apiaries, which contain 27.7 thousand swarms. The greatest damage was caused to apiaries of Dobrinsky, Lebedyansky, Dobrovsky, Volovsky and Stanovlyansky districts.