
Picture shows Claire Liauzun, undated. Beekeepers in southwestern France have experienced a "crazy" period of acacia blooming this year. (Claire Liauzun, NewsX/Bee)
Haute-Garonne Apiarists Delighted By ‘Magnificent’ Acacia Bloom

Picture shows the Jabeprode trapping device, undated. Beekeepers in southwestern France have opted to set up specially designed traps targeting an invasive species in a bid to prevent the loss of further colonies. (NewsX/Bee)
French Beekeepers Install Inventive Asian Hornet Traps

Picture shows a male specimen of an early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) landing on an Echinacea purpurea flower, undated. It can be found throughout Europe, except for the Iberian peninsula. (Bernie Kohl, NewsX/Bee)
Hedges Of France To Be Studied As Experts Focus On Wild Bees

Elodie Duca, 31, extracts summer flower honey, undated. She handed in her letter of resignation at the renowned lawyer's office she had been working for in Paris in 2020 to set up Jardin d'Elo, her own organic apiary in the small town of Beaupuy in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, southern France. (@le_jardin_d_elo, NewsX/Bee)