In Reunion Island, get to know Christophe Dalleau, beekeeper Terre Api des Hauts

A beekeeper in the east of La Réunion, Christophe Dalleau is a true enthusiast. At the gateway to La Reunion National Park, in La Caroline, Bras-Panon, he produces honey directly from the surrounding Bois de Couleur forest.

Our honey has many properties derived from the forest's endemic trees and medicinal plants. Without our bees, the forest we have today would not exist. They are essential.

Today I'm a farmer* and beekeeper by passion and commitment... I started out as a professional footballer, but a stroke on the pitch turned my whole life upside down. To rebuild my life, I had to dig deep inside myself...what I needed, what I wanted and how to do it.

And everything I needed in my second life to share, pass on and rebuild...I found in the Bois de Couleur forest.

*Christophe Dalleau is also an agroforestry producer of vanilla and cocoa.