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Havoc at Halcyon Cut
≈ 6 min
The Stover Pollinator Research Unit maintains a research apiary of twelve numbered hives arranged in two rows along the sheltered south wall of the lock yard. On the morning of Thursday 3 September 2026, field technician Orla Fenn arrived at 07:10 to find the apiary in significant disarray. Your task is not to name anyone responsible — it is to profile the behaviour shown by whoever caused the damage, using only what the scene, witness accounts, and evidence establish.
The scene
Halcyon Cut Lock Yard, a working river lock keeper's compound on the Stover Navigation, currently leased to the Stover Pollinator Research Unit as a field station
In the file
- Orla Fenn, field technician
- Dr Seren Cadwallader, principal investigator
- Fen Whitlow, navigation authority lock keeper
- Pip Acheampong, doctoral student attached to the unit
- Marta Solberg, towpath regular and early-morning walker
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This case first aired on September 4, 2026. A fresh profile runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.