Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 5:249

Waki’ narrated to us, from Sa’id ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, from Sulayman ibn Musa, from Abu Sayyara al-Mut’i, who said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have bees." He said, "Pay the tithe (zakat) on them." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, protect them for me." So he protected them for me.