Half a Million Bees Killed in Netherlands Fire Incident.
A beekeeper from the Netherlands has expressed dismay after his 10 beehives were burned down in a park in the central city of Almere, causing the loss of an approximated half a million bees.
Harold Stringer stated that each hive housed a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the idea that someone could destroy them was devastating.
"It is deeply painful that my 10 hives have perished," he informed local broadcaster.
Law enforcement in Almere, which sits to the east of Amsterdam, have appealed for observers after the deliberate fire on Tuesday evening in the city's scenic Beatrixpark. They shared images of the fire on online platforms.
The Netherlands authorities says that more than half of the nation's 360 species of bee are at risk of extinction, as the population of bees decreases globally.
Mr Stringer explained that authorities had told him an flammable substance had been employed to ignite the hives, which were placed on wooden platforms in a forested area of the garden.
Barely any of the bees 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 hives and planned to give him one of them.
For the beekeeper, who looked after the bees for about almost a decade, the fire means starting a fresh hive in the park from scratch.
But he insists he will not give up.
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