Half a Million Honeybees Killed in Netherlands Deliberate Blaze.
A Dutch beekeeper has voiced dismay after his 10 beehives were set ablaze in a public garden in the city of Almere, causing the death of an approximated half a million bees.
Harold Stringer mentioned that each hive contained a colony of 40-60,000 bees, and the thought that someone could kill them was horrific.
"It really hurts that my 10 hives have perished," he informed regional media.
Law enforcement in Almere, which sits to the northeast of Amsterdam, have appealed for witnesses after the deliberate fire on Tuesday night in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They shared images of the fire on online platforms.
The Dutch government says that more than half of the country's 360 species of bee are at risk of extinction, as the number of bees decreases around the world.
Mr Stringer explained that police had informed him an accelerant had been employed to burn the hives, which were placed on pallets in a wooded part of the park.
Barely any of the insects survived and he said that he had doubt the perpetrator would be caught.
Another apiarist a local beekeeper stated on national radio that she had three hives and wanted to give him one of them.
For Mr Stringer, who cared for the bees for about almost a decade, the fire means building a fresh hive in the area from the beginning.
But he affirms he will not give up.
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