‘Without bees, there’s no life’: the buzzing oasis of Veneto

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Lorenzo Buzzoni
Lorenzo Buzzoni
29 June 2022
Matteo de Simone, a late-blooming beekeeper, is trying to initiate a wild bee renaissance in northern Italy. Investigate Europe reporter Lorenzo Buzzoni went to meet him.
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