The Beekeeper

Antonis Papayannakis, nomad beekeeper since 1990 based in Polemarchi, Chania. Producer of thyme honey and pollen.

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Honey

Aromatic honey, excellent in taste with a light, shiny appearance. Listed among the top quality honey varieties.

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Bee pollen

Pollen from flowers is a powdery substance which can vary in colour (white, yellow, orange, purple and even black).

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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.

Henry David Thoreau

Forager Bees – Photos

  • Satureja thymbra

  • Hypericum empetrifolium

  • black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

  • oak (Quercus pubescens)

  • Galactites tomentosa

  • pale flax (Linum bienne)

  • wild lavender (Lavandula stoechas)

  • salvia cistus (Cistus salvifolius)

  • Phagnalon rupestre subsp. graecum

  • Phlomis sp.

Beekeeping – Photos

  • three-part beehive

  • beekeeper

  • first blooming of new beekeeping season

  • beginning of new beekeeping season

  • offshoot

  • pollen trap

  • bee swarming

  • start of bee swarming

  • beehive entrance

  • winter 2017