ELLENBURG CENTER, NY (WRGB) — Police in northern New York are investigating an arson that destroyed the home of more than one million bees.

Police say on Wednesday night, sheds housing bees in Ellenburg Center-- that's just west of Plattsburgh -- were set on fire.

State police found kerosene or diesel oil when they arrived on the scene.

The owner, Stuart King, noticed the flames in enough time and managed to dump enough standing rainwater from nearby buckets to put out the fire on one shed.

https://cnycentral.com/news/local/arsonist-destroys-north-country-hives-killing-half-a-million-bees