production. and until the fires, two thirds of greek pine honey was produced here in evia s huge forests. goat bells ring. the fires have affected the honey trade across the country. alexandra kakarouna lives 500kms away, in western greece. she started beekeeping as a child with her father. now she and her father run a honey business. like many greek honey producers, she used to take her beehives to evia for the pine tree pollen, but that s no longer possible.
it s incredible. the government is blaming climate change for these fires. hundreds of foreign firefighters were sent to greece to help. the government said it did all that was humanly possible to combat the blazes. but it said the fires were too intense for their defences. honey from pine trees accounts for 70% of greece s total honey
where does this honey come from? where did it use to come from? how many other honey producers are being affected? are you worried about the future of honey production here in greece?