French beekeepers look to lockdown exit to sell bumper harvest
Beekeepers' bumper honey harvest
is cause for celebration
Location: Chantilly, France
Weeks of warm weather in this region
have brought what could be
their best season in four decades
But very few markets are still open
and keepers may have to wait
for lockdowns to loosen before they can sell
(SOUNDBITE) (French) BEE KEEPER, FRANCK PORTEFAIX SAYING:
"On the production side, we will have an excellent harvest, so we will have stocks when the lockdown ends, and when everything goes back to normal. We will get back to work, and these will be sold in any case, but this period is quite difficult."
A good honey harvest yields around 22lbs
Portefaix hopes his best performing hives
will produce around double that amount this spring