Half a Million Bees Killed in Netherlands Fire Incident.

Destroyed beehives — A beekeeper's 10 hives were destroyed in a green space in the Dutch city of Almere.

A beekeeper from the Netherlands has expressed dismay after his 10 beehives were set ablaze in a park in the city of Almere, causing the death of an estimated 500,000 bees.

Harold Stringer stated that every colony housed a colony of forty to sixty thousand bees, and the idea that someone could kill them was horrific.

"It really hurts that my ten colonies have died," he told regional media.

Police in Almere, located to the east of Amsterdam, have appealed for observers after the arson attack on Tuesday night in the city's scenic Beatrixpark. They posted pictures of the fire on online platforms.

The Netherlands authorities reports that more than half of the country's 360 types of bee are at risk of dying out, as the number of bees decreases around the world.

The beekeeper explained that authorities had told him an accelerant had been used to burn the colonies, which were placed on pallets in a forested area of the park.

Almost none of the insects survived and he said that he had little faith the perpetrator would be apprehended.

Another apiarist a local beekeeper stated on national radio that she had three bee colonies and planned to give him a colony.

For the beekeeper, who cared for the colonies for about nine years, the fire means starting a fresh hive in the area from scratch.

But he insists he will not give up.