The kind of bee that resided in the famed cathedral does not abandon its hive, instead it gorges on honey and protects the queen bee.
Some 200,000 bees inhabiting hives in Notre Dame cathedral survived the inferno that engulfed the heritage landmark in a miraculous escape, their beekeeper said on Thursday.
“At first I thought that the three hives had burned, but I had no information” after Monday’s fire, Geant told AFP.
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