BIO Wildflower Honey by Ivan Geshev

12.00 euro

High quality honey bouquet with sunflower, herbs and linden. With a light and airy taste and anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

quantiy

450 gr.

qualities

Herbs and flowers Sunflower Linden

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Description

High quality BIO certified wildflower honey produced by Ivan Geshev

 

Ivan and his girlfriend Ekaterina keep over 200 bee colonies in the village of Gorsko Kosovo near Sukhindol and Pavlikeni. Ivan started his apiary after years of living abroad and in big cities. However, his love for nature brought him back to the village, where he and his partner devoted themselves to bees. They produce a variety of BIO honey such as acacia, linden and a bouquet of rich forest vegetation.

They both participate in the Adopt a Hive program

Ivan’s story: ‘I grew up in the countryside, with the animals and hayfields. My father was a veterinary paramedic. There was an old man who had a couple of hives and he would always call me to see them, tell me about them and I would eat honey… great joy. He was the guy that started it all. Then I broke the connection with the village, sold the house, went to study and then lived outside my country. I lived in big cities and I always missed nature, the countryside and the freedom it gives me. So in 2010 I came back. I often thought about the grandpa with the bees and how I wanted to have a few hives too, but I had no experience. It was the beginning of March and without thinking I immediately bought 20 hives… Big whoop – I made an apiary! I will never forget opening the first hive – it was love at first sight. I started reading about bees and watching them daily. I got to know their lives more and more. I quickly decided that I wanted to be involved with just them.

Eversince, I spend my summers in the countryside, I have built two apiaries and now keep over 200 colonies. I fulfilled a childhood dream of mine and I can say that being a beekeeper is not a hobby or a business, but a different way of life. Once you have tended to something so diligently with desire and love, there is nothing better than knowing you have helped this pure food from nature reach someone and contribute to their health. Because honey is not only food, but also medicine.

My long-time girlfriend Ekaterina Eneva is also involved in this whole process. Shortly after my return I met her (again – love at first sight). A few months later we lived together and moved to a village, then I told her about the bees and she got very excited. A week after that we went to pick up the first colonies. A little more timidly, but gradually she too got into the life of bees. She has always supported and helped me in times of need, especially for the creation of brood cells and the centrifugation of the honey. After a massive pesticide exposure, poisoning and dying of many bees, I moved all the colonies 34km away to a mountainous area – the land of Gorsko Kosovo village. In a warm spring first comes the fresh spring nectar of dandelion, wild cherry, wild pear, zucchini, mullein.. then the fine acacia honey sometimes mixed with amorpha, meadow nectar of shepherd’s purse, clover, rosehips and vetiver. And when the lindens burst open and the colonies are at their peak, the honeycombs overflow with extremely rich, fragrant and strong honey – a feast for all the senses.”

How am I helping

By supporting our beekeepers you become a part of our vision to create sustainability in the food chain. We only operate online and this helps us lower CO2 emissions as well as cut out all the unnecessary middlemen in the process of buying food. This allows us to pay the beekeepers fairly and create opportunities for them to grow.

We know you are ecosensitive and so are we. Every jar of honey, even though packed according to all EU standards and regulations, is carefully designed to use recyclable materials and use as little resources as possible to get to you.

 

 

Delivery

Delivery is made by a third party delivery company to your desired address.
Delivery is free for orders over 30 EUR and 7 EUR for orders under 30 EUR.

FAQ

What is the "Adopt a hive" platform?

“Adopt a hive” is a platform connecting real beekeepers and their end customers who are looking for genuine quality honey. Our goal is to create a sustainable global beekeeping by providing fair price for the work and efforts of beekeepers while offering quality products with guaranteed origin to the general public.

Who produces the honey?

The honey is produced by real beekeepers from Europe and each of them stands with their name behind their product. In each honey box, you will find a label detailing the origin of the honey, the beekeeper who produced it and the rest of the information related to the product.

How is the quality of the honey guaranteed?

Every single jar of single apiary honey that makes its way to your table has gone through three spare tests for water quantity, electro-conductivity and a laboratory analysis of the pollen. All lab tests are readily available for the customers. All batches are bottled up and prepared by a facility which is fully certified according to all European safety, bio and food standards.

Your profile on the platform allows you to track every single step of the jars you’ve ordered from hive to table.