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“The hives are dying of hunger”: bee mortality, foreign competition… beekeepers’ cry of alarm

“Royal jelly and honey, imports are killing us”, “no glyphosate on our plates”, “neonicotinoids = death of the bee”, “misleading labeling and packaging, consumer must be vigilant”: mobilized in Lyon (Rhône) and Nantes (Loire ) -Atlantique) at the call of the French Federation of Professional Beekeepers and the Peasant Confederation, beekeepers sent messages. Their plans: a temporary suspension of the Écophyto plan, adopted by the government after the mobilization of farmers and competition from foreign honeys, which account for more than half of consumption in France.

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Beekeeper from Chazelle-sur-Lavier in the Loire, Olivier Gachet, is concerned about the health of his bees: “Pesticides, lack of biodiversity, as well as global warming mean that we end up with hives that starve to death. With one pesticide treatment, you can easily lose an entire apiary or about forty hives. Males lose fertility and queens become less fertile. “The Loire beekeeper is very worried about the future: “Today we must say that without beekeepers there are no more bees! »

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Source: Le Parisien

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