Near the village of Senyuva where he is the mayor, Atilla Guneri, 63 years old and retired teacher, inspects his modern hives set up on a platform in a beech tree. High up in the tree, a trunk hive, a “Kara kovan”, reminds him of his youth. Today, Attila has a hard time climbing to the top of the trees. He still owns 5 trunk hives to maintain the tradition and fifty or so modern hives. ///Près du village de Senyuva, dont il est le maire, Atilla Guneri, 63 ans, instituteur...
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Near the village of Senyuva where he is the mayor, Atilla Guneri, 63 years old and retired teacher, inspects his modern hives set up on a platform in a beech tree. High up in the tree, a trunk hive, a “Kara kovan”, reminds him of his youth. Today, Attila has a hard time climbing to the top of the trees. He still owns 5 trunk hives to maintain the tradition and fifty or so modern hives. ///Près du village de Senyuva, dont il est le maire, Atilla Guneri, 63 ans, instituteur à la retraite inspecte sur une plateforme installé dans un hêtre ses ruches modernes. Tout en haut de l’arbre, a trunk hive, Kara kovan, lui rappelle sa jeunesse. Attila peine aujourd’hui pour monter à la cime des arbres, il possède encore 5 ruches troncs pour maintenir la tradition et une cinquantaine de ruches modernes.
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