Lavender, thyme, or mountain honey… All are expected for the 7th edition of the Honey Festival held at the Nice Environment House.
This year at the Honey Festival, farmers want to share their honeys presented in various forms. But that’s not all. The Apis Campus association, composed of about fifty members, aims to grow. Its goal: to protect bees and manage beehives.
For a year now, this association has been expanding within the region. The initiative is part of a national effort to integrate bees and beekeeping into the urban socio-economic landscape, to combat their decline and that of pollinating insects.
Training in beekeeping, raising awareness, managing educational apiaries, and preserving biodiversity are the objectives of Apis Campus.
Today, bees are increasingly threatened in various ways. The Varroa virus, pollution, or Asian hornets have become formidable adversaries.
This is why the association fights to protect and develop, as much as possible, the cultivated bee which can pollinate up to 80%, compared to 10% for the wild bee.
If bees were to disappear, it would cost the world 153 billion per year to pollinate plants ourselves.
Members of the association set up an association apiary in Valrose a year ago. Five colonies have developed within this apiary.
A connected apiary will soon be installed at Henri Matisse College in Cimiez. There will be personal training to ensure good management and provide proper treatment within the apiaries.
