Paris rooftop hives produce less bee's knees honey due to climate change

Pablo Tricarri, beekeeper, on the rooftop of Pernod Ricard headquarters in Paris, where four hives have been installed. © RFI

Paris – On the rooftop of Pernod Ricard headquarters in Paris, beehives produce high quality honey harvested twice a year. While bees help promote biodiversity in the capital, the chief beekeeper says climate change has led to a drop in the quantity of honey produced.

Mugo, a French group of landscape designers, which manages a hundred or so beehives in Paris, has installed four hives on the rooftop of Pernod Ricard near Saint-Lazare train station in Paris.