Mickael Isambert, a beekeeper in Saint-Ours-les-Roches in central France, lost 70 percent of his honey and had to feed his colonies sugar to help them survive after a cold, rainy spring.
"It has been a catastrophic year," said Isambert, 44, who looks after 450 hives.
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