500,000 Honeybees Perish in Netherlands Arson Attack.
A beekeeper from the Netherlands has voiced shock after his ten colonies were burned down in a park in the city of Almere, resulting in the death of an approximated 500,000 bees.
The beekeeper mentioned that every colony housed a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the idea that anyone could destroy them was horrific.
"It really hurts that my 10 hives have died," he told regional media.
Law enforcement in Almere, which sits to the northeast of Amsterdam, have appealed for observers after the arson attack on Tuesday night in the city's scenic Beatrixpark. They shared 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 dying out, as the population of bees decreases around the world.
The beekeeper explained that authorities had told him an flammable substance had been employed to ignite the colonies, which were placed on pallets in a wooded part of the park.
Almost none of the bees survived and he noted that he had doubt the perpetrator would be caught.
Fellow beekeeper a local beekeeper told Dutch radio that she had three hives and planned to donate a colony.
For the beekeeper, who cared for the bees for about almost a decade, the fire means starting a new colony in the area from the beginning.
But he insists he will not give up.
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