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500,000 Bees Killed in Netherlands Deliberate Blaze.
A beekeeper from the Netherlands has expressed dismay after his 10 beehives were set ablaze in a park in the central city of Almere, causing the death of an approximated 500,000 bees.
Harold Stringer mentioned that each hive housed a population of 40-60,000 bees, and the idea that someone could destroy them was devastating.
"It is deeply painful that my 10 hives have perished," he told regional media.
Police in Almere, located to the east of Amsterdam, have requested observers after the deliberate fire on Tuesday evening in the city's scenic Beatrixpark. They shared images of the blaze on social media.
The Netherlands authorities says that over 50% of the country's 360 species of bee are at risk of dying out, as the number of bees declines around the world.
The beekeeper said that police had informed him an flammable substance had been used to burn the colonies, which were sitting on pallets in a forested area of the garden.
Barely any of the insects survived and he noted that he had little faith the arsonist would be caught.
Fellow beekeeper Heleen Nieman stated on Dutch radio that she had three bee colonies and planned to give him one of them.
For the beekeeper, who cared for the colonies for about almost a decade, the fire means starting a fresh hive in the park from the beginning.
But he insists he will not give up.
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