Method for tapping trees comprising the use of manual or automatic devices (20) fixed to each tree being tapped and which may be remote controlled by a tapping control station with sequential distribution of electric power.

Today, the fortress is abandoned, but still attracts the eye of many tourists.

They practice oyster culture and gemmage with the best will in the world to protect the ecosystem.

Each device comprises a fixed part (3) and a moving part (6) which guide and drive a tapping tool (11).

It is at this pivotal time that oyster farming and a little later tourism, will prevail in the local economic landscape.

Gene constructs were also prepared which expressed anti-sense forms of essential MADS box genes for these plants.

It was formerly exploited for its resin (gemmage), which was used to produce the essence of turpentine.

It was formerly exploited for its resin (tapping), which was used to produce the essence of turpentine.

The tourist office offers tree tapping demonstrations (harvesting resin) so that you can discover this ancient traditional forest activity.

The tapping was practiced in the forest of the Saumonards and the forest of Saint-Trojan-les-Bains.

The tourist office offers tree tapping demonstrations (harvesting resin) so that you can discover this ancient traditional forest activity.

The incisions, called tapping, are made on the trunk of the tree starting in September, lifting the bark slightly above the cut.

Benzoin Laos or Laotian benzoin, also known as benzoin Siam, because the gum passed through the port of Bangkok, is gathered each year in the hot season through multiple manual tapping incisions.

The gemmage can harvest the resin which is widely used after distilling for the manufacture of cleaning products, glues and varnishes or in the pharmaceutical industry.

From the 60s, the gemmage ceases little by little, the exploitation of the resin being largely distanced by the chemical industry which discovers the virtues of synthetic products often imported at low cost.