Half a Million Honeybees Killed in Dutch Arson Attack.
A beekeeper from the Netherlands has voiced dismay after his ten colonies were burned down in a park in the city of Almere, causing the loss of an approximated 500,000 bees.
The beekeeper stated that every colony contained a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the idea that someone could kill them was devastating.
"It really hurts that my 10 hives have perished," he informed regional media.
Law enforcement in Almere, located to the east of Amsterdam, have requested witnesses after the arson attack on Tuesday night in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They posted pictures of the blaze on online platforms.
The Dutch government reports that more than half of the country's 360 species of bee are at threat of dying out, as the population of bees declines around the world.
The beekeeper explained that authorities had told him an flammable substance had been employed to ignite the hives, which were sitting on pallets in a forested area of the park.
Barely any of the bees made it through and he said that he had little faith the arsonist would be caught.
Another apiarist Heleen Nieman stated on national radio that she had three hives and wanted to donate one of them.
For the beekeeper, who cared for the colonies for about almost a decade, the incident means building a new colony in the area from scratch.
But he insists he will not give up.
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