(UK) Help replace 89-year-old beekeeper's setup

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This just popped up while I was mindlessly searching for the end of the internet…

An elderly beekeeper’s setup has been destroyed in what is believed to have been an arson attack.

89-year-old Ron Hoskins has spent the last 20 years researching and selectively breeding bees that are able to cope with Varroa Mite, which kill millions worldwide.

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This is the BBC article:

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Wow. The utterly meaningless cruelty of whoever did that leaves me speechless.

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Agreed. It’s saddening to hear of it. I can’t comprehend how you can derive pleasure in the pointlessness of the destruction.

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Posted this yesterday after reading the news article but didn’t see the crowd funding info.

Thanks for sharing.