Quarantine is beneficial to the bees of Rome.

Rome’s bees have benefited from the government-imposed quarantine period to combat their spread. crown, which resulted in a reduction in contamination.

And more specifically, these, almost 150,000, located in the three hives installed on the roof of a special carbine unit, responsible for the protection of the environment and forests, whose address is in the center of Rome.

The coronavirus epidemic provided a unique opportunity for research, as the traffic, pollution and noise in this great city almost stopped overnight when general quarantine was ordered on March 9.

The question of how the bees would react was up to the experts. Bees, the pollinating insects, represent “a fundamental biological complexity for our planet,” Lt. Col. Niccolo Giordano told AFP-TV.

The bee study program, under Niccolo Giordano, includes 30 other groups in the Italian capital who exchange information.

“Our experience and all urban beekeeping programs around the world teach us that overall bees in the city are in a better position than those that live in the field. There are fewer problems with chemicals that kill insects and, therefore bees, “he said. and in the urban environment they find a rich variety of flowers, “said Rafaele Cirone, president of the Italian Federation of Beekeeping.

“During the quarantine … the bees were very healthy, they found a large amount of pollen but also a lot of nectar,” he emphasizes with satisfaction.

Controls show that the quality of honey has improved and that bees have found 150 different flowers in the area, compared to the 100 varieties that were observed before quarantine, Cirone said.

Today, two beekeepers with policemen wearing gloves, hats, veils and protective yellow jackets visited the bees. “I’m not crazy about insects, but now I love them,” said Dean Gianluca Fillon, who says he has been “tied” to bees over time.

It shows a frame with honey and wax, which covers hundreds of bees. The queen, does not appear at first glance, appears suddenly before disappearing again. “She doesn’t like being exposed,” says Dean Fillon.

Honey production is not the goal of this research, but these bees still produce about thirty kilograms a year, in the “aroma of Rome,” says Cirone jokingly.