THE NEW FACILITIES WILL ALLOW THE MARKETING OF THE HONEY PRODUCED WITH FULL GUARANTEE.

The beekeepers of the municipality of La Aldea, grouped in the Apialdea Association, they are in luck. After several years of waiting, starting tomorrow they will have renovated facilities to proceed with the extraction and packaging of honey and bee derivatives.

About president, Francisco Díaz, expressed his satisfaction with the support that beekeepers have obtained, a collective that, his trial, has been the great forgotten in relation to the primary sector. beekeepers, just like bees, carry out an activity of vital importance for the ecosystem, indicated Diaz.

The new facilities of the Honey Packaging Center “The Beehive” They are located in the old municipal slaughterhouse, that has been rehabilitated to host the activity and, In addition, It has two adjoining multipurpose rooms.

According to the secretary of Apialdea, Frederick Godoy, The line that this group has drawn is to diversify and offer other products such as pollen, jelly or propolis, that are unknown to most consumers.

Godoy pointed out that the sum of young people is also necessary to guarantee the generational replacement of an activity that goes almost unnoticed.. For this reason, he trusts that, with the new facilities and services, there are several people who are encouraged to put and attend new hives.

The beekeeping activity in La Aldea is not recent. Since the conquest there is news of the development of honey extraction that, over time, has been adapting until consolidating in the new project that is now beginning.

Being surrounded by four protected natural spaces and being part of the Biosphere Reserve, La Aldea becomes a benchmark for quality of honey and by-products. This is endorsed by the prizes and awards that they are obtaining in the different contests to which they are presented..