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To address this issue we took the train through the suburbs of Paris, to the region of Essonne”, west of the capital, to meet beekeeper and biologist Julien Perrin. | To address this issue we took the train through the suburbs of Paris, to the region of Essonne”, west of the capital, to meet beekeeper and biologist Julien Perrin. | ||
Julien breeds Buckfast bees, which can be considered a “rustic” species — which, in other words, means “resistant to all the disasters she has to face”. Julien works in collaboration with a large community of beekeepers to multiply these open-source bees. According to him, the bee must remain | Julien breeds Buckfast bees, which can be considered a “rustic” species — which, in other words, means “resistant to all the disasters she has to face”. Julien works in collaboration with a large community of beekeepers to multiply these open-source bees. According to him, the bee must remain <i>a common</i> which no industry must take possession of, to avoid at all costs falling into the pitfall of privately owed seeds and breeds. | ||
The indifference towards the bee also relies on the fact that humans have actually very little empathy towards insects. And indeed, there is a real misconception about what social insects are and how they think. Indeed, we often believe that insects are intelligent as a group. And yet, they have an intelligence of their own. | The indifference towards the bee also relies on the fact that humans have actually very little empathy towards insects. And indeed, there is a real misconception about what social insects are and how they think. Indeed, we often believe that insects are intelligent as a group. And yet, they have an intelligence of their own. | ||