500,000 Bees Perish in Netherlands Deliberate Blaze.
A beekeeper from the Netherlands has expressed dismay after his 10 beehives were set ablaze in a public garden in the central city of Almere, resulting in the death of an estimated 500,000 bees.
The beekeeper mentioned that each hive contained a population of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the idea that anyone could kill them was horrific.
"It really hurts that my 10 hives have died," he told local broadcaster.
Police in Almere, located to the northeast of Amsterdam, have requested witnesses after the deliberate fire on Tuesday night in the city's scenic Beatrixpark. They shared pictures of the fire on social media.
The Netherlands authorities says that over 50% of the nation's 360 species of bee are at risk of dying out, as the number of bees declines globally.
Mr Stringer said that authorities had told him an accelerant had been employed to burn the hives, which were sitting on wooden platforms in a forested area of the garden.
Almost none of the bees survived and he noted that he had little faith the perpetrator would be caught.
Fellow beekeeper a local beekeeper told Dutch radio that she had three hives and planned to give him a colony.
For Mr Stringer, who cared for the colonies for about almost a decade, the incident means building a new colony in the park from the beginning.
But he insists he will not give up.
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