Robert, and all beekeepers,

I consider Bob's query as rather generalist, this is why I send it to
bee-l. Apologies to those who have an other opinion.


There are lots of hives in Paris. On buildings, in parks, ....

The most famous are (were ? ...) those on the roof of the Opera.


The most famous place for parisian bee hives is the Jardins du Luxembourg
for bee hives. There are hives (including one in a cello !) for public
lectures (lectures saturdays afternoon if my memory is good).

We have some hives in the Jardin des Plantes (where I work at the
entomology Dept, but beetles section !) which is not surprising considering
the name of that park !

I am a member of a society working for the introduction and developments of
bee hives in public gardens. Address is : "Les Abeilles" (it is a small
shop), rue de la Butte aux Cailles, Paris 13ème. We have hives in the Parc
Georges Brassens, Paris 15ème.


Lavendar honey. The most famous place is the Plateau de Valensol, where
there are thousands (yes, thousands !) of hives at the right time for
lavendar honey. Too many hive in my opinion ....

Hope this helps, but it may come a bit late if you arrive in France
september 2nd !

Good luck anyway.





At 08:12 31/08/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have somehow been bumped from the list and haven't been able to get back
on.
>
>Could anyone help me out with information quickly - I am headed to France
>and Italy for two weeks starting on Saturday, Sept. 2.  I know that Provence
>has extraordinary honey given the Lavendar growing region, so does anyone
>have specific suggestions of towns or locations, etc.  I also recall that
>there was a specific park in Paris which had a dozen or so hives. Having bees
>in San Francisco, I know  how wonderful a city base can be and wanted to
>locate the hives for a visit if possible. I will also be in Tuscany in case
>there was anything specific to that region.
>
>Thanks for your consideration.
>
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