500,000 Honeybees Killed in Dutch Deliberate Blaze.
A beekeeper from the Netherlands has voiced dismay after his 10 beehives were set ablaze in a park in the central city of Almere, resulting in the death of an estimated half a million bees.
The beekeeper mentioned that every colony contained a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the thought that someone could destroy them was horrific.
"It is deeply painful that my ten colonies have perished," he told local broadcaster.
Law enforcement in Almere, located to the northeast of Amsterdam, have requested observers after the deliberate fire on Tuesday evening in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They shared pictures of the blaze on online platforms.
The Dutch government says that more than half of the country's 360 species of bee are at threat of dying out, as the population of bees declines globally.
Mr Stringer explained that police had informed him an flammable substance had been used to ignite the hives, which were sitting on pallets in a wooded part of the park.
Almost none of the bees made it through and he noted that he had doubt the perpetrator would be apprehended.
Fellow beekeeper Heleen Nieman told Dutch radio that she had three hives and planned to donate a colony.
For Mr Stringer, who looked after the bees for about almost a decade, the incident means building a new colony in the area from the beginning.
But he affirms he will continue his efforts.
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