Images / style de vie / Jean Claude Moes, Strasbourg's last beekeeper
(Image: © Davide Vergnano/ davidevergnano.com/)
JC Moes is the president of Asapistra, a grouping of community beehives. It is lobbying for the creation of beehives in towns and support for young beekeepers, to rebuild the bee population. Once they’ve attended a training course that is run by the people’s university, individuals can take up urban beekeeping, on land set aside by the town council.
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26/07/11
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