500,000 Honeybees Perish in Netherlands Deliberate Blaze.
A Dutch beekeeper has expressed dismay after his 10 beehives were burned down in a public garden in the central city of Almere, resulting in the loss of an approximated 500,000 bees.
Harold Stringer stated that every colony housed a population of 40-60,000 bees, and the thought that anyone could kill them was devastating.
"It is deeply painful that my 10 hives have perished," he informed regional media.
Law enforcement in Almere, located to the east of Amsterdam, have appealed for witnesses after the arson attack on Tuesday night in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They posted images of the blaze on online platforms.
The Netherlands authorities says that over 50% of the nation's 360 species of bee are at threat of extinction, as the population of bees decreases globally.
The beekeeper explained that authorities had told him an flammable substance had been employed to burn the colonies, which were sitting on pallets in a forested area of the garden.
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 Dutch radio that she had three bee colonies and planned to give him one of them.
For the beekeeper, who looked after the bees for about nine years, the incident means building a new colony in the park from scratch.
But he affirms he will not give up.
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