“Bit­ter honey” is a docu­men­ta­ry pro­ject about the chal­len­ging expe­rien­ce of con­tem­po­ra­ry bee­kee­ping. By fol­lo­wing bee­kee­pers across Fran­ce, Mar­gaux Sen­lis seeks to bear wit­ness to the disap­pea­ran­ce of bees throu­gh a pho­to­gra­phic series with soft appea­ran­ces and honey-like, allu­ring tones. The cau­ses of this disap­pea­ran­ce are various and con­nec­ted; cli­ma­te chan­ge, droughts, para­si­tes, mono­cul­tu­res, and of cour­se, the use of cer­tain pesti­ci­des in agri­cul­tu­re. When pesti­ci­des do not kill bees direc­tly, they wea­ken them, making them less resi­stant and less able to fight off increa­sin­gly nume­rous disea­ses and para­si­tes.