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This post refers to Mann Lake CEO, Rob Wright and whether he committed Industrial/Corporate Espionage under the guise of a verbal offer to “sell Bee Fortress products” through Mann Lake, Ltd.
Definition of Corporate Espionage: https://www.syteca.com/en/blog/prevent-industrial-espionage
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On April 2, 2025, Mann Lake CEO, Rob Wright, sent me a Microsoft Team Meeting Invitation to join him for an online meeting at 5:30 PM EST on April 3, 2025.
I had previously called him and left a voice message inquiring about possible interest by Mann Lake, Ltd. in my honeybee equipment inventions. Surprised, actually, that he responded, I eagerly accepted his invitation to a video chat with him on April 3rd.
In the video meeting, Rob specifically said that ‘Mann Lake would entertain selling my beekeeping equipment.’ This was not the first time Mann Lake expressed interest in selling my beekeeping inventions. The previous CEO had made a similar suggestion in 2019, and that seemed like a fishing expedition, too. This time around, I was hoping this “new” CEO would play fairly. I was wrong!
Rob and I agreed that I would send an email with information about my products that Mann Lake could sell right away. I sent that email to him, and he completely failed to respond to my email and subsequent emails. I gave him every opportunity, but he failed to prove to me that he wasn’t committing Corporate Espionage.
In our meeting, Rob said that he would be talking to people in his company about my Fortress Beehive – the most advanced beehive ever created. He just didn’t tell me why he would be talking to others at Mann Lake.
Microsoft has a copy of the video, rest assured.
Meanwhile, a few years back, on a phone call with Tim Dadant, I expressed concern about players in the beekeeping equipment industry stealing my inventions and he said to me: “Yes, one of the companies you mentioned would likely do exactly that!” Tim did not say who he was thinking of, but I respected his insight, he having been in the industry for so long.
After numerous follow-up emails to Rob Wright, I got no response except a complete communication black-out. Now, is this the action of an honest CEO of a large company, or is this the deliberate action of a Corporate espionage spy? You be the judge. I’ve been ripped off before by corporate America to the tune of multiple millions of dollars by numerous co-conspiritors, which is the subject of my upcoming book, “CORPORRUPTION.” Time will tell if a chaprter will include Mann Lake, LTD. and Rob Wright! Time will tell. Time to re-hire my Private Investigation company again! And lawyer-up! Stay tuned.