A hive with a view: the cspiculturist of the Opera

摘要

It's a run-of-the-mill beehive with a queen and 30 000 workers and drones. But this is a hive with a view-of the Seine, the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame cathedral. Only the toniest of addresses for these bees, whose hive sits on the roof of the ParisOpera! This honey of a hive was all Jean Paucton's idea, He works backstage at the Opera-Bastille where he is in charge of the furniture. While other Parisians might divert themselves with wine-tasting and art appreciation sessions, this city boy undertook a beginner's course in apiculture. So what if he was living in the centre of (arguably) the world's greatest city? So what if he didn't even have a backyard, let alone fields of flowers with which to sweeten his combs?