Honey guide

Beekeeping is back-breaking work – the everyday life of a professional beekeeper

Honey does not get into the jar by itself. Behind every jar is not only the work of the bees but also the hard physical work of the beekeeper – a truly back-breaking job that is often forgotten.

7 days a week, 14 to 16 hours

In the high season from spring to summer, a professional beekeeper knows no weekends. The colonies do not wait: inspecting, tending, extracting, filling – often 14 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week.

Heavy lifting, every day

A full honey super easily weighs 25 to 30 kilograms. On a single day, dozens of them are lifted, carried and stacked. Back, shoulders and arms are constantly in use.

Out in all weathers

The bees do not follow the beekeeper's weather. In blazing heat, in a thick bee suit and drenched in sweat, work goes on at the colonies – and the occasional sting simply comes with the job.

Migrating in the middle of the night

To make the honey truly regional and single-variety, professional beekeepers move their colonies to the blooming forage sources – often at night, when all the bees are in the hive. Loading and unloading hundreds of kilos in the dark so that everything is in place the next morning.

Driven by passion

Nobody does this job for quick money. It is the passion for the bees and for honest, regional honey that drives professional beekeepers anew every day.

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