500,000 Bees Killed in Netherlands Deliberate Blaze.
A Dutch beekeeper has voiced shock after his 10 beehives were burned down in a park in the central city of Almere, resulting in the loss of an estimated 500,000 bees.
The beekeeper mentioned that each hive housed a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the thought that someone could kill them was horrific.
"It is deeply painful that my ten colonies have perished," he informed local broadcaster.
Police in Almere, which sits to the northeast of Amsterdam, have requested witnesses after the deliberate fire on Tuesday night in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They shared pictures of the blaze on social media.
The Netherlands authorities says that more than half of the country's 360 types of bee are at threat of dying out, as the number of bees decreases globally.
The beekeeper explained that authorities had informed him an flammable substance had been employed to ignite the hives, which were placed on wooden platforms in a wooded part of the park.
Almost none of the insects made it through and he noted that he had doubt the perpetrator would be apprehended.
Another apiarist a local beekeeper told national radio that she had three hives and wanted to donate a colony.
For Mr Stringer, who cared for the bees for about nine years, the incident means building a new colony in the park from scratch.
But he insists he will not give up.
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