Illustrative image of a construction site, undated. An ecologist has criticised the ongoing sealing of soils in Austria and called for a "general planning concept" to protect local ecosystems. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows broken beehives, undated. Police in Hermagor in the state of Carinthia announced that an apiarist's backyard beehive was destroyed and pillaged. (LPD Carinthia, NewsX/Bee)
Melanie Ebner speaks in undated footage. Almost all new building projects across Austria are built on fertile land, environmentalists have warned. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Alexander Bernhuber, undated. A new European directive is "putting a stop" to illicit honey production measures, an Austrian MEP has claimed. (NewsX/Bee)