This dark and tart chestnut honey comes from the nomadic Mouriki beekeeping family. These wandering beekeepers manage 2,500 colonies in Greece, commuting with their bees between the mainland and the Aegean islands to perform pollination work. The beekeeper receives top-quality honey in return.
The chestnut honey comes from the Holy Mount Athos , an Orthodox monastic republic on the Chalkidiki peninsula. The community of monks is a last remnant of the once mighty Byzantine Empire. The municipality comprises 20 monasteries and is protected as both a Natura 2000 protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The most well-known is the entry ban for women of all ages, in effect since 1045. A woman is allowed to go within 500 meters of the border. Also interesting is the fact that the entry ban applies to female domestic and farm animals, especially horses and mules. The only exceptions are beneficial insects such as mice-hunting cats and honey bees, which are used and tolerated by the monks. The bees find the isolation of the monastic republic ideal conditions for delicious chestnut honey. The beekeeper has permission to set up his bees on the Holy Mount every year when the chestnut trees are in bloom.
We source this honey directly from Greek beekeepers , without any intermediaries. For this reason, all information on the label is in Greek. This honey is only marketable (i.e., suitable for sale) in Austria with additional German-language labels, which we are required to affix to each honey jar.
450 g Greek chestnut honey at 14.50 EUR each; basic price 1 kg = 32.22 EUR
Producer & all rights to the photos reserved: Mourikis Panagiotis, Greece
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