500,000 Honeybees Perish in Dutch Fire Incident.
A beekeeper from the Netherlands has voiced dismay after his ten colonies were set ablaze in a park in the city of Almere, resulting in the death of an estimated half a million bees.
Harold Stringer mentioned that each hive housed a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the thought that anyone could kill them was devastating.
"It really hurts that my ten colonies have died," he informed regional media.
Law enforcement in Almere, located to the northeast of Amsterdam, have requested witnesses after the deliberate fire on Tuesday night in the city's picturesque Beatrixpark. They shared images of the fire on social media.
The Dutch government says that more than half of the nation's 360 species of bee are at risk of extinction, as the population of bees declines around the world.
The beekeeper said that authorities had informed him an accelerant had been employed to burn the colonies, which were placed on pallets in a wooded part of the garden.
Barely any of the insects made it through and he said that he had doubt the perpetrator would be apprehended.
Another apiarist Heleen Nieman stated on national radio that she had three hives and wanted to donate one of them.
For Mr Stringer, who looked after the colonies for about nine years, the fire means building a new colony in the area from the beginning.
But he affirms he will continue his efforts.
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