The pitiful year for France's beekeeping

The year 2021 will go down in beekeeping annals as one of the worst due to an unfavorable flowering climate, resulting in a lack of food for the bees, which consumed record amounts of sugar solutions. The conclusion is unanimous: 2021 is a dark year for French beekeeping. No region of France has been spared. As all the evidence gathered, the spring frost and the weather conditions that followed - summer cold and rain - proved fatal for the honey harvest, which is estimated this year at less than 10,000. tons, against 25,000 tons in 2020. With an annual consumption of nearly 50,000 tons, imports of honey sold at 2 euros per kilo worldwide will therefore explode. This year therefore confirms an already obvious observation: above all, beekeeping depends on climatic conditions, which determine the nectar and pollen resources for bees. In the absence of these food resources, there can be no production of honey. Read also: Is the COVID-19 crisis the cause of the good harvests of honey? ...