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Bees Kept on Notre Dame’s Roof Have SURVIVED The Fire!

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200.000 bees that were living on the roof of Notre Dame have survived the fire blaze! These three hives were put on the cathedral’s rooftop in 2013 for a biodiversity project by Nicolas Géant. He said that the bees were going in and out of their homes this morning. Each hive produces approximately 25 kg of honey each year which is sold to the Notre Dame staff.

Nicolas Géant was extremely happy to announce that his bees have survived the fire that was raging for over 12 hours on Monday. The fire destroyed the spire and almost all of the ornate centuries-old roof of Notre Dame.

He says: ‘Until this morning, I had had no news,’.

‘At first, I thought that the three hives had burned but I had no information after Monday’s fire. Then I saw from satellite images that this was not the case and then the cathedral spokesman told me that they were going in and out of the hives.’ – he adds.

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source: Daily Mail

30 Comments

  1. Seraphim Sarov

    Praise God!
    Wishing everyone blessings, healing and peace on Good Friday
    “With honey from the stony rock I would feed you”
    Psalm 81 last verse

  2. M Lavercombe

    Where’s the scaffolding?
    The masonry looks remarkably clear of soot?

    “Then I saw from satellite images that this was not the case” What sort of access to satellite images does Monsieur Géant have?

    Or does he not want to loose out on his 50% mark-up?

    • Lemastre

      M Lavercombe, you apparently are not in favor of bees atop Notre Dame. Is it the “50% markup” that annoys you? I’m wondering 50 percent of what? Also, you refer to the condition of the church’s roof as revealed by the Daily Mail’s satellite photo as though the photo was taken after the fire. How do you know when it was taken?

  3. Darcy

    Thank you. Before this, I heard only that the hives had survived, which made me unsure if the bees or just the hives were intact. I was still very much wondering about that when I saw this post.

  4. Amanda Jennings

    Well smoke tends to make them inactive..hince we smoke to calm them…long as the flames didn’t get to them they likely went to sleep.

  5. JAMES J HYNES

    Here is a prayer from the Catholic service for the Easter Vigil (the evening before Easter Sunday). It is the blessing of the Easter Candle. Bees are mentioned twice!

    “On this, your night of grace, O holy Father,
    accept this candle, a solemn offering,
    the work of bees and of your servants’ hands,
    an evening sacrifice of praise,
    this gift from your most holy Church.
    But now we know the praises of this pillar,
    which glowing fire ignites for God’s honor,
    a fire into many flames divided,
    yet never dimmed by sharing of its light,
    for it is fed by melting wax,
    drawn out by mother bees
    to build a torch so precious.”

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