500,000 Honeybees Perish in Dutch Fire Incident.
A beekeeper from the Netherlands has voiced shock after his ten colonies were set ablaze in a park in the city of Almere, resulting in 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 anyone could destroy them was horrific.
"It is deeply painful that my ten colonies have died," he informed local broadcaster.
Law enforcement in Almere, located to the northeast of Amsterdam, have appealed for witnesses after the deliberate fire on Tuesday evening in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They posted images of the fire on online platforms.
The Dutch government says that more than half of the country's 360 types of bee are at threat of extinction, as the number of bees decreases around the world.
Mr Stringer said that authorities had informed him an accelerant had been employed to burn the colonies, which were sitting on pallets in a forested area of the park.
Barely any of the bees survived and he noted that he had doubt the perpetrator would be apprehended.
Another apiarist a local beekeeper told Dutch radio that she had three bee colonies and wanted to donate one of them.
For Mr Stringer, who cared for the bees for about almost a decade, the incident means building a new colony in the park from the beginning.
But he affirms he will continue his efforts.
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