Bees Kept on Notre Dame's Roof Survive Fire!

[Weedygarden]

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Bees Kept on Notre Dame’s Roof Have SURVIVED The Fire!
KATY APRIL 18, 2019 USEFUL INFORMATION 7 COMMENTS

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.

 

[Meerkat]

Good news the bees survived. Amazing they lived through that fire.

 

[Terri9630]

The bees probably left during the fire and came back after the smoke dissipated.

 

[SheepDog]

Bees have an instinct to keep the hive cool. They stand at every opening and in places around the interior of the hive and circulate air with their wings.
The entire area where the hives were kept was almost untouched by the fire which helped a lot too.