The bright Klein blue of the cans contrasts with the natural color of the wooden beehives stacked in the shelter of the agricultural shed.
In each barrel, 300 liters of honey… for a total of 30 tonnes, the harvest of an entire year of work from the estate's approximately 600 hives.
What could normally be a war chest now represents a burden that threatens the balance of operations.
Because this honey, Florent Maugeais and his partner Céline Thérache are no longer able to sell it.
Like the vast majority of 2,000 French professional beekeepers, this Norman couple based in Chamblac, a small village a few kilometers south of Bernay (Eure) faced a storm of unprecedented magnitude.
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