GREECE: 50 MILLION BEES POISONED IN CRETE  
       HERAKLION (GREECE), APRIL 13 - Fifty million bees have been deliberately poisoned in a village in Crete and local authorities investigate upon request of bee growers who suspect an action of some islanders opposing their activity, the prefect's office of Heraklion, the main city of Crete, has announced. Following a report by the Association of bee growers of eastern Crete - Ms Vangelio Sxinaraki, Heraklion's police chief, told the France Presse - experts went in the Selakano hamlet near Heraklion where they established there had been a premeditated massacre of insects. According to the first results of the inquiry, the bees, found around the beehives had died after absorbing huge quantities of insecticides. A total 930 beehives were targeted, according to the representative of the bee growers, Zacharias Gemistas, who attributed that 'monstrosity' to the will of some Crete residents to eliminate bee growing in the area. A similar massacre happened in 1993, but with less victims, Gemistas told the Net public television. Bee growers demand immediate compensation of 300,000 euro, the police chief said. (ANSAmed). RED-KUZ 

     

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