Half a Million Honeybees Killed in Netherlands Arson Attack.
A Dutch beekeeper has expressed shock after his ten colonies were set ablaze in a park in the central city of Almere, causing the loss of an approximated half a million bees.
Harold Stringer mentioned that each hive housed a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the idea that anyone could kill them was horrific.
"It is deeply painful that my 10 hives 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 scenic Beatrixpark. They shared images of the blaze on online platforms.
The Dutch government reports that more than half of the country's 360 species of bee are at risk of dying out, as the population of bees declines around the world.
Mr Stringer explained that police had informed him an flammable substance had been used to burn the hives, which were placed on pallets in a forested area of the park.
Barely any of the insects made it through and he said that he had little faith the perpetrator would be apprehended.
Another apiarist a local beekeeper stated on Dutch radio that she had three hives and wanted to donate one of them.
For Mr Stringer, who looked after the bees for about almost a decade, the fire means building a new colony in the area from the beginning.
But he affirms he will not give up.
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