Half a Million Bees Killed in Dutch Deliberate Blaze.
A Dutch beekeeper has voiced shock after his ten colonies were set ablaze in a park in the city of Almere, causing the death of an approximated half a million bees.
The beekeeper mentioned that every colony housed a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the idea that someone could destroy them was devastating.
"It really hurts that my ten colonies have died," he informed regional media.
Law enforcement in Almere, located to the east of Amsterdam, have requested observers after the deliberate fire on Tuesday night in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They shared images of the blaze on online platforms.
The Dutch government says that more than half of the country's 360 species of bee are at risk of extinction, as the number of bees decreases globally.
The beekeeper said that authorities had told him an accelerant had been employed to burn the colonies, which were sitting on pallets in a wooded part of the garden.
Barely any of the bees survived and he said that he had doubt the perpetrator would be apprehended.
Another apiarist Heleen Nieman told national radio that she had three hives and wanted to donate one of them.
For Mr Stringer, who cared for the bees for about almost a decade, the fire means starting a fresh hive in the park from scratch.
But he affirms he will continue his efforts.
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