Project
Ecole Happyculteur
The mortality rate of bees is now 30%, compared to 5% about 20 years ago. 5% to 10% of this mortality rate is due to bad beekeeping practices. These figures and the lack of responsible beekeeping training in France made Rémi and Leena react.
They created the Happyculteur organization to raise awareness of the importance of the role of bees in our environment, to train citizens in their preservation and to create new generations of responsible urban beekeepers.
Training for a balanced and sustainable apiculture
The Happyculteur school teaches natural, balanced and sustainable beekeeping. The selected participants carry a project of installation of beehives with a social dimension that focuses on the well-being of the bees and the respect of biodiversity.
It offers the only apiary school with beehives of biodiversity from around the world.
In addition to the Dadant, Warré and Langstroth hives, there is also a Kenyan hive, a bienenkugel, a straw hive, a trunk hive, a clay hive and soon a solar hive. These biodiversity beehives tend to reproduce the natural habitats of bees and serve as a refuge without any interventionist purpose.
They allow students to open up to other practices, to discover an alternative beekeeping that questions certain methods and foundations of industrial beekeeping. The students follow both theory and practical courses. The training lasts nine months to discover the missions of a beekeeper over a beekeeping season from February to October. The knowledge and skills are validated by exams.
An affordable school
In order to allow everyone to practice alternative beekeeping, the registration fees are low. The school is free for job seekers and places are reserved for ex-prisoners who have followed the association's beekeeping training at the Santé prison in Paris. The Happyculteur school trains 30 students per year, in the Bois de Boulogne, from the Paris region. The majority of the graduates take care of their beehives in different places in France and act daily to protect bees and pollinators.
The objective of the association is to become an incubator for beekeeping projects that respect the environment and the bees. And to spread its school to other cities like Marseille.
Would you like to participate in the movement?
Project began: 07/04/2018
Leading organisation: Happyculteur
Covered Countries: France
Theme: Biodiversity
Sub-themes: Natural resources management
Tag: #women
Project needs
- Financial Partners
- Logistical Support
- Equipment Supply
