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Arson Kills 500K Dutch Bees
Arson Kills 500K Dutch Bees
Oct 9, 2025 1:20 PM CDT

Arson Kills 500K Dutch Bees

'I've lost my colonies, which I've worked on for all these years, forever'

(Newser) - A Dutch beekeeper is reeling after an arson attack wiped out his entire apiary in Almere, a city east of Amsterdam. Harold Stringer found the remains of his 10 hives, home to an estimated half a million bees, reduced to ashes in Beatrixpark after someone set them alight with...

Prosecutors: Long Island Beekeeper Hid Role in Genocide

Feds say Faustin Nsabumukunzi, 65, obscured his role in Rwanda while applying for US citizenship

(Newser) - In 2003, Faustin Nsabumukunzi applied for refugee status in the US, settling in the Hamptons on Long Island and resuming the beekeeping he'd done in his native Rwanda. He eventually received a green card and applied for US citizenship. But federal prosecutors now say Nsabumukunzi harbored a "dark...

Fraud Findings Sideline World Honey Prize

One investigation found sugar syrup had been added to almost half of jars

(Newser) - Honey will be shut out of next year's World Beekeeping Awards for the first time after investigations found evidence of fraudulent ingredients in the global supply. The move affecting the congress in Copenhagen was "necessitated by the inability to have honey fully tested for adulteration," the International...

Millions of Bees Die After Flight to Alaska Rerouted

Atlanta-area beekeepers rushed to rescue survivors

(Newser) - For human passengers, having a Delta Air Lines flight rerouted through the airline's Atlanta hub might be annoying. For millions of bees that were being sent from California to Alaska, it was fatal. Sarah McElrae, who runs a business that supplies Alaskan beekeepers and pollination services, tells the New ...

Why Beehives Are Being Stolen in California Right Now

People are turning to technology to protect their hives

(Newser) - For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state's most valuable crop. But as almond trees start to bloom, blanketing entire valleys in white and pink flowers,...

Someone in Texas Killed Half a Million Bees

20 hives found burned, drowned near Alvin

(Newser) - Without bees, "we would see almost nothing in the grocery store." That's according to Steve Brackmann of Texas' Brazoria County Beekeepers Association. He has been frustrated by the dwindling of bee populations as a result of insecticides and herbicides—which made the intentional destruction of at least...

In Astros-Padres Game, Beekeeper Earns a Save

(Newser) - The Astros-Padres game yesterday in San Diego drew a crowd of 23,284—and thousands of bees. Padres left fielder Kyle Blanks sighted the swarm in the top of the ninth and tried to signal the umpire, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. "I saw Kyle walking toward the infield...

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