Vandals kill 500,000 Bees

[Catherine]

You read it right,  vandals killed half a million bees. It is bitterly cold and they smashed 50 hives and left the bees dying in the snow. They took the surveillance camera and nothing else, so it was a senseless act of violence.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...nUNOiqe9tc

Half a million bees gone! At a time when our pollinators are in danger and the death of one bee is a sad thing, how can you even respond to the loss of 500,000 bees. It is a staggering blow to the place where it happened. It is a staggering blow to the whole ecosystem. Even though they are not wild bees they are still an important part of the ecology of the area.

I admire the people who have rallied to help the bee keepers. They have raised enough money for them to rebuild.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...s5oGwkl9uF


It doesn't replace the half a million dead, but it does help. It saves the livelihood of the bee keepers and it allows them to care for more bees.

This is not the first act of hive vandalism. Maybe we are going to need armed security guards to protect bee hives in future.