“Hives are dying of starvation”: bee mortality, foreign competition… the cry of alarm from beekeepers

2024-02-05 23:29:07

The rest after this ad

Beekeeper in Chazelles-sur-Lavieu in the Loire, Olivier Gachet is worried about the health of his bees: “Pesticides, the lack of biodiversity, plus global warming, mean that we end up with hives that are dying of starvation. With a single pesticide treatment, you can easily lose an entire apiary, or around forty hives. Males experience loss of fertility and queens are less fertile. » The Loire beekeeper is very worried about the future: “Today, we must say that without beekeepers, there are no more bees! »