The Bastide Abeilles Association of the 47 multiplies swarms in Lot-et-Garonne

They fully colonized the land that the commune of Bias has left them. The black bees, installed in the town of Villeneuvoise, now occupy 40 hives against five a year and a half ago. At the origin of the reimplantation of the species on its original territory, the Abeilles Noires association of the Bastides of 47, born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, to defend this melliferous insect which no longer has the coast with professional beekeepers “Even if some rediscover it,” says Daniel Viel, founder and passionate president of the association. “However, it is much more resistant than these imported cousins. She knows how to better manage the colony when the climate is not favorable to her. Normal, it is present on our territory from the ice age. »»