In the English Channel, the hairdresser dropped her scissors to raise bees and make honey

Honey, bees, are far from being a discovery for Manon Mazier who has just finished her first season as a beekeeper at Champs-de-Losque, in Rémilly-les-Marais (Manche). It's more of a hobby that turned into a profession. Because before installing her first hives, Manon Mazier had another life.

“I was a hairdresser for fifteen years in Caen, Saint-Lô and Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin, says the mother of two children, married to a farmer from Dézert. But at the time of Covid, it became complicated with very long days and sometimes difficult relationships with customers.” The hairdresser could have become a teacher but in 2021 there are no vacancies in the learning centers. So with an idea in mind, she decides to put away her scissors and her colors to turn the page.

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An amateur beekeeper dad

In the world of beekeeping, Manon does not start from scratch. “My father trained at the Bois-Jugan apiary school in Saint-Lô, and he runs fifteen hives as an amateur”. Manon goes to a good school and learns with her family…