OREANDA-NEWS  In Borough Industry, USA, unidentified persons destroyed 50 beehives in a family apiary. This is reported by WTAE.

According to the owner of the apiary, Mark Bedillion, the attackers deliberately burned down his hive. About 50 thousand bees became victims of their actions. The man said that he saw the consequences of the fire during a routine inspection of the apiary. "Tens of thousands of honey bees have turned to ashes, along with the boxes and pallets in which they once lived," he said.

Mark is a farmer. Together with his wife, he runs a small store where he sells his own natural products at retail. Arson is a big loss for him. "It felt like a punch in the gut," Mark's wife confessed.