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Bees, includes at any stage in their life cycle, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., Para 529, p. 428.

These are fer' natur' and the property in them is ratione soli; but a person retains the ownership in a swarm which flies from his land so long as he can keep them in sight and has the power to pursue them, even though the pursuit involve a trespass. If they take refuge on the land of another and he in due course reclaims them, then that person obtains a property in them propter industriam. See 2 Bl. Com. 392. The negligent keeping of bees in unreasonable numbers, at an unreasonable place, and with appreciable danger will render their owner liable for damage which they may cause, O'Gorman v. O'Gorman (1903) 2 IR 573. As to the bee pest in Ireland, see (English) Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 34).