In Lyon and Nantes, beekeepers demonstrated this Monday, denouncing unfair competition from imported honey. “Hives are dying of starvation”: bee mortality, foreign competition… the cry of alarm from beekeepers.
In their sights: the temporary suspension of the Écophyto plan decided by the government following the mobilization of farmers and competition from foreign honeys, which represent more than half of French consumption. The Loire beekeeper is very worried about the future: “Without beekeepers, there are no more bees! »