500,000 Honeybees Killed in Dutch Deliberate Blaze.
A Dutch beekeeper has expressed dismay after his 10 beehives were set ablaze in a public garden in the central city of Almere, resulting in the loss of an approximated half a million bees.
Harold Stringer mentioned that every colony housed a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the thought that anyone could destroy them was horrific.
"It really hurts that my 10 hives have perished," he told regional media.
Law enforcement in Almere, which sits to the east of Amsterdam, have requested witnesses after the arson attack on Tuesday evening in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They posted pictures of the fire on online platforms.
The Netherlands authorities says that more than half of the nation's 360 species of bee are at risk of dying out, as the population of bees decreases globally.
The beekeeper explained that authorities had told him an flammable substance had been used to ignite the hives, which were sitting on wooden platforms in a forested area of the park.
Barely any of the bees survived and he noted that he had doubt the arsonist would be apprehended.
Fellow beekeeper a local beekeeper stated on national radio that she had three bee colonies and wanted to give him a colony.
For the beekeeper, who cared for the bees for about nine years, the incident means starting a fresh hive in the park from scratch.
But he insists he will not give up.
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