An 89-year-old beekeeper, who has been breeding honey bees able to cope with a parasitic mite, has had his hives kicked over and his sheds destroyed.

Ron Hoskins has spent the past 24 years researching the varroa mite, which has killed millions of bees worldwide.

He said he was "devastated" to find his research set-up near Swindon had been burned to the ground.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-51945399

Australia - Beehives doused in fuel near Coffs Harbour, hundreds of thousands of bees killed in malicious attack
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-08/hives-doused-in-fuel-bees-killed-malicious-attack/100194938

South Africa - On the morning of 27 May 2021, beekeeper Craig Campbell visited his apiary site (an area ideal for bees to forage), to find that overnight, 235 of his bee boxes had been destroyed. The thieves cut out the honey, destroying the hives, equipment and killing the broods in the process.

The few bee colonies that survived the destructive vandalism lost their home. Campbell told Daily Maverick that the total loss of the equipment, bee colonies and honey amounts to about R700,000.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-06-22-honeybees-are-disappearing-overnight-theft-and-vandalism-of-bee-boxes-and-honey-is-rife-throughout-sa/

USA - UNIONTOWN, Ohio — A newly released photo from the Stark County Beekeeper’s Association shows what appears to be a man vandalizing an apiary in Uniontown on Nov. 19, according to a Facebook post from the association. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-stark/man-captured-on-video-lighting-beehive-on-fire-at-apiary-in-hartville