500,000 Honeybees Killed in Netherlands Deliberate Blaze.
A beekeeper from the Netherlands has voiced dismay after his ten colonies were burned down in a public garden in the city of Almere, causing the death of an approximated 500,000 bees.
Harold Stringer mentioned that each hive housed a population of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the thought that anyone could kill them was horrific.
"It really hurts that my ten colonies have died," 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 posted images of the blaze on online platforms.
The Netherlands authorities reports that more than half of the country's 360 types of bee are at risk of dying out, as the number of bees declines around the world.
The beekeeper said that police had informed him an accelerant had been used to ignite the colonies, which were sitting on pallets in a wooded part of the park.
Barely any of the bees survived and he said that he had doubt the perpetrator would be apprehended.
Fellow beekeeper a local beekeeper stated on national radio that she had three hives and wanted to donate a colony.
For the beekeeper, who cared for the colonies for about nine years, the fire means building a new colony in the park from the beginning.
But he insists he will not give up.
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