500,000 Honeybees Perish in Netherlands Fire Incident.
A Dutch beekeeper has voiced dismay after his ten colonies were burned down in a public garden in the city of Almere, resulting in the loss of an estimated half a million bees.
Harold Stringer mentioned that every colony housed a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the idea that anyone could destroy them was horrific.
"It really hurts that my 10 hives have died," he told regional media.
Law enforcement in Almere, which sits to the east of Amsterdam, have requested witnesses after the arson attack on Tuesday night in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They posted images of the blaze on social media.
The Netherlands authorities reports that over 50% of the country's 360 species of bee are at risk of extinction, as the population of bees decreases around the world.
The beekeeper explained that authorities had told him an accelerant had been employed to ignite the colonies, which were sitting on wooden platforms in a forested area of the garden.
Barely any of the insects made it through and he noted that he had doubt the perpetrator would be caught.
Another apiarist a local beekeeper stated on national radio that she had three bee colonies and wanted to give him a colony.
For the beekeeper, who cared for the colonies for about almost a decade, the incident means starting a fresh hive in the area from scratch.
But he insists he will not give up.
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