English translation On Monday 21 March 2022, around the lake at Villers-sur-Mer, the attention of morning walkers was drawn to the curious sight of a small rowing boat manoeuvred by two people going back and forth between the island and the shore. “It is the installation of a beehive on the island to protect the bees. To do this, we called on the Villa le Bosquet school apiary, which installed locally-sourced bees,” explains Anthony Villeroy, from the green spaces departmen A former international photographer, converted to natural beekeeping, Jan Michael Schütt created, with Olivier Duprez, a local beekeeper and trainer, this Beekeeping School in Gonneville. They are adept at gentle…

An ecological hive for the bees gets underway…After painstaking preparations, the team of the Villa le Bosquet apiary school installed an BeeTower on the island of Villers sur Mer natural reserve today.Made from natural materials such as reeds, wooden rings, natural clay and thick wooden boards, the hive is not intended to collect honey, but to allow the bees to live in peace and contribute to the floral diversity of this beautiful environment.Thanks to the mayor Thierry GRANTURCO and the technical service of the commune Villers sur Mer in France who made this project possible. Thanks to Olivier Duprez, trainer in natural beekeeping, who rowed the rickety boat and helped…