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At the Finca La Donaira luxury eco retreat, near Montecorto in the Serranía de Ronda they have a sincere concern for the current life situation suffered by bees, and so they have set out to try to bring about change.
Having a privileged environment, where for almost 12 years chemicals have not been used, nor have we practised conventional agriculture, the farm has become an ecosystem modelled to help these small and important insects. We aim to raise increased awareness in our visiting guests towards bees, to give them back their rightful place in nature and as the centre of our ecosystem.
Their sustainable beekeeping focuses on the genetic improvement of their bees, strengthening them and giving them all they need to avoid their immune systems from being weakened.
To for allow this, they leave the vast majority of their honey untouched and take nothing but the small surplus that they do not need. Nor do they remove pollen or royal jelly, since these foods are necessary for intrinsic strength and health.
Currently, they have twenty-two hives, seven of which are placed in trees, eleven floor hives, one hive located in our medicinal garden and three hives located in our innovative “bee-bed”, where guests can meditate with the bees. They’re trying to solve colony collapse issues by simplifying bee-keeping processes, making it easier than ever to keep healthy bees.
There is a team of ecologists, farmers, beekeepers and free spirits who believe that citizens, rather than governments or corporations, can solve this problem by taking action together.
With the campaign Help The Bees, they aim to inspire people to improve the life of bees and help us to contribute to the fundamental balance of nature. With the funds they collect via a crowdfunding campaign, they want to grow their bee community by installing new hives and help preserve bees in their natural habitat.
Taste the honey
Their raw wildflower honey comes straight from the hives at La Donaira. The word “raw” means the honey is unheated and untreated. They do not use any chemical products for the treatment of diseases. Only natural means and herbal medicine.
Honey produced from natural beekeeping has some of the highest medicinal properties in the world as well as being incredibly rich in flavour.
