Torben Schiffer

I started beekeeping by studying biology at the University of Hamburg. I first learned this from my beekeeping father in a very conventional and “conformist” way. This meant using hives made of Segeberger polystyrene foam, regularly taken out of the honey, used door barriers, escaped bees, detoxified with formic acid, deciphered weak and thorny people, stopped enthusiasm by bursting cells and cells, etc.

The more I learned, the more dissatisfied I became with the accepted practices of beekeeping. In the beekeeping associations, the topics: honey production, the use of chemicals against varroa mites, the loss of populations and so-called “pure reproduction” seemed to be the priority. The loss of populations was always considered unnatural – the Varroa mite, the weather or the pesticides used in agriculture were always to blame. I have never heard a word of self-criticism, I have never seen a beekeeper who first wondered whether he was doing everything right.

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Agence Schweiger

Agence Schweiger