Producing and Diversifying Honey: A Story of Weather and Innovation

At the Miellerie du pays Charolais, Alexandre Lucas Bardot and Élodie Serpolet manage the business all year round, assisted by a seasonal worker to help with production from April to September. The couple and their bees produce different honeys, depending on the location of the apiaries and the seasons: dandelion honey, rapeseed, sunflower, acacia, all flowers (bramble, lime, white clover, etc.), chestnut . Everything is linked to climatic conditions: “We work with hives, bees, living things. The weather is a crucial element of our work, we have no choice, we accept the vagaries of the weather, we cannot control everything, and that influences the quantity of honey. We develop healthy and strong colonies, that we know how to do! »

Comb honey, in wooden boxes

Not content with releasing already renowned honeys, the couple regularly launches new products: “We make a caramel spread here, but we have also launched sweets and…