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Mountain honey

Pure and rare, like the unspoilt land: this is mountain honey. Such is DEA honey, a reflection of a valley free of all forms of pollution and, for this reason too, the guardian of incomparable biodiversity.
Each jar releases the immense floral variety of the Ossola Valley, thanks to the the ancient technique we employ: nomadism. It is they, the insects that guarantee the future, who fly and thus collect pollen between 400 metres above sea level and 2,000 metres above sea level.

Bee nomadism

The most valuable to our trade as beekeepers is as wise as it is ancient: nomadism, i.e. the movement of hives from the valley floor to the high mountains, and vice versa. Only in this way do we ensure constant nourishment for the bees, contributing to the creation of very different and unique nectars: in fact, we capture the aromas of the flowers that criss-cross the Ossola Valley, only to find them again in honeys that are just as different and special. An immense range of blooms and flavours that we pursue, moving ‘our families’ of bees through the seasons.

The beekeeper's role

The beekeeper's role is neither to produce nor to passively observe production. The meaning of our profession in working with bees and can be summarised in their nomadism, which we take care of: analysing the flow of the seasons and the chronology of blooms, we move the hives from one meadow to another, from one valley to another. In this way we ensure that the bees are constantly fed, contributing profoundly to the creation of different and unique nectars.

The mountain and its flowers

In the land of the Ossola Valley, the white flowers of the Ossola saxifrage are on display, an endemic plant that well expresses the stubbornness of those who farm on its land, as well as the magnificent edelweiss, the red lily and gentian, artemisia and the arnica. And the rhododendron thrives, a shrub of inestimable ecological value and an implacable ally in preventing soil erosion. The same with which the bees bred by DEA produce honey.