Abeilles en danger

Bernard Bertrand – (France) Writer-farmer, was born into a family farm. After a BTS Environmental Protection, he restored and moved into an old farm in the Central Pyrenees. There, over the years, he revitalized this place of life abandoned for a long time and put into practice his dreams of naturalistic and peasant life. Always in search of autonomous and traditional techniques, not dependent, he tirelessly continues a work of collecting knowledge respectful of the environment and rural societies.
In the early 1990s, he published a collection of ethnobotanical books: “Le Compagnon Végétal”, before becoming a writer/farmer and author/publisher, creating his publishing house “Les éditions du Terran”. In 2019, he created an engaged, innovative and participatory magazine “Abeille en liberté”, to talk about and promote bees. “Abeille en liberté” is not another beekeeping magazine… It is a bee and pollinator magazine. A review to change our attitude and behavior with nature in general, bees in particular. A review to INITIATE and ACCOMPANY new and alternative solutions, to bring together stakeholders who consider the bee as a living, honest and respectable being.

Myriam LEFEBVRE, researcher & photographer – (Belgium) A Phd in biology, Myriam LEFEBVRE combines the sciences of nature with the humanities to highlight the complex interconnections of the living world and its adaptations. She deepens what amazes her, from the creation of the universe to the vibratory communication of honey bees, through the animal orientation and the songs of birds. Since her path crossed that of the honey bees, they guide her in the exploration of their universe.

Nicolas Vereecken, Photographer – (Belgium)Passionate about nature and the conservation of flora and fauna, lecturer and photographer specialized in bees, Nicolas Vereecken is also an engineer in agronomic sciences, Phd in biological sciences and professor of agroecology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Guillaume Lemoine, lecturer, photographer – (France) Former manager of protected areas, today biodiversity and ecological engineering consultant in a public establishment, Guillaume Lemoine is an expert in the management and ecological rehabilitation  of natural environments (dunes, alkaline peatlands) and industrial sites (mining sites, quarries, brownfields…). He is also interested in urban ecology and the various plant and animal communities that develop there, particularly entomologics.

Hervé Broguy photographer (France) – Born in France in 1956, he has been passionate about “academic” photography since the age of 20. He quickly realized that he had no creativity and gave up this field in favor of reporting, show photos and wildlife photos. For him the approach is the same, identifying, anticipating and capturing the moment. Living in the department of vienne in the city of Oyré, he’s now preferring wildlife photography. He signed for the magazine “Abeilles en liberté” a wonderful portfolio about european bee-eater, winged predator of bees.