Photo by Franco Zecchin. Paris, the urban beekeeper Jean Paucton removing frames from the hive atop the Opera Garnier. By Charles Bremner in Paris The Times August 18, 2009 Tourists are not the only species swarming on the Champs Élysées this August. Also enjoying the sunshine are squadrons of bees, part of a fast-multiplying population that is making honey a new Parisian industry. The Tuileries, Luxembourg and other lesser gardens of Paris are now home to hundreds of thousands of bees that are … [Read more...]
URBAN BEES VS COUNTRY BEES
and urban bees win, well from the likes of this article they do! The national bee-keeping body has recently reported high mortality in the country near corn, sunflower and rapeseed fields. Bee deaths across Europe have been 30 to 35 per cent higher than average since the 1980s. French figures show that bees in urban areas produce about twice the amount of honey as rural ones. Similar figures are reported from New York. Via article: Paris rooftops swarm with bees as urban honey industry takes off … [Read more...]