TIL that police in the UK can legally break into any person's house under the Bees Act 1980 if they suspect it contains foreign bees

Authored by legislation.gov.uk and submitted by IdgePidge

(1)For the purpose of exercising any power conferred on him by or under section 1 of this Act an authorised person may at any time enter—

(a)any premises or other place; or

(b)any vessel, boat, hovercraft aircraft or vehicle of any other description;

on or in which he has reasonable grounds for supposing there are or have been any bees or other things subject to control under an order under that section.

(2)A person seeking to enter any premises or other place, or any vessel, boat, hovercraft, aircraft or other vehicle in exercise of the power of entry under this section, shall, if so required by or on behalf of the owner or occupier or person in charge, produce evidence of his authority before entering.

(3)Any person who intentionally obstructs a person acting in exercise of the power of entry under this section shall be liable on summary conviction, or, in Scotland, on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding [level 3 on the standard scale].

m0le on November 7th, 2019 at 23:34 UTC »

Foreign bees, coming over here, making our honey.

jeremeezystreet on November 7th, 2019 at 23:14 UTC »

What are the police going to do? "Yup, those are foreign bees. Let's leave through the destroyed entryway and call an exterminator."

AudibleNod on November 7th, 2019 at 22:58 UTC »

The trick is to get your French bees to learn some basic phrases in a decent RP accent before shipping them through the Chunnel.