The day of Rachel Spezia, 50 years old, starts with the alarm clock at 5:30 in the morning. Just enough time to check the weather forecast, grab a quick coffee, and there she is at her beehives on the farm. Sweet Moon, On the outskirts of Milan. Here, wearing overalls, gloves, and a veil, Rachele spends the morning checking the swarms and queens, removing any parasites, taking honey samples, and if the harvest is ready, she begins the extraction. After a quick lunch, between one hive and the next, she begins work in the lab, filtering the honey. honey, labeling the jars and preparing the orders to be closed.
In the afternoon, after a short rest, Rachele returns home and embarks on her second life. A frugal dinner, a change of clothes, and off to her second job, that of a taxi driver. A fairly lucrative business, it allows her to indulge her passion for bees, even if she sometimes has to keep going until dawn, depending on the city's shifts. As a beekeeper, Rachele manages approximately 25 hives, Each of which contains 50 bees. Annual production fluctuates between 500 and 700 kilograms of honey, of various types: acacia, chestnut, and wildflower. When asked how she manages two such demanding jobs, Rachele replies: “Bees teach me patience and organization. Humans, even at night, teach empathy. All together, it makes me a better person.”
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