Vandals kill 6,000 honey bees

[Catherine]

This is so sad. Bee keepers at a nature reserve have been looking after a hive of bees. The hive was built to last the winter, properly insulated to keep the bees safe and warm.  The vandals removed the lid and all the bees froze to death.

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

It is such a senseless loss of bee lives. Even if bees where not so critically endangered it would still be sad. Given how desperate the bee situation is, this is more a crime against nature itself. Harming bees puts the well being of the planet at risk. They are one of the keystone animals. So much depends on bees and their work of pollination.

My heart goes out to the beekeeper who came across the tragedy. No one should ever have to face something like that.