Q&A: The Municipality Hurried, the Neighbor Lost 400 Shekels 💸 Money Changes Hands
The Municipality Hurried, the Neighbor Lost 400 Shekels 💸 Money Changes Hands
Question
A female neighbor called the municipality saying there was a beehive on the building—come…
The municipality didn’t really know what to do…
They called a Religious Zionist guy who lives in a nearby community, and he came enthusiastically and took the whole swarm, put it in his car, and within a few minutes sold the bee swarm for 400 shekels, cash, in a WhatsApp group of beekeepers (the price could even be higher).
The neighbor who arrived two minutes later cries out that the municipality are thieves and wrongfully abandoned the swarm, even though it wasn’t their property but belonged to the building’s residents, and that the Religious Zionist guy who came from the nearby community should at least split with him 200 out of the 400.
Who is in the right?
Answer
The law is on the side of the Religious Zionist guy (as always. Why is it relevant that he’s Religious Zionist?).
The building did not acquire ownership of the swarm, and it is not theirs. They called the municipality, and naturally it removed the swarm, end of story. So if instead it sold it, that was within its rights.