“Thank goodness I have my own hives.”
I feel for you. Despite my age, all I have is a few liver spots.
Anyway, knowing Europe as I do, I can bet that this is another excuse for protectionism on their part. We inspect honey too, so don’t let the foodie cultists tell you that we’re being “poisoned by everything we eat.”
We hunt, fish, and grow almost everything we eat and know for sure that we’re not being poisoned. Started keeping bees for pollination of the garden, as well as a source of sweetener in case the SHTF. While I am able to grow sugar cane in our climate, it is so much easier if the bees do the work. I’ve got enough to do already!