Private honey tasting experience with live beekeeping in Athens, June 2024
Blathin and Sylvana, two buzzing beekeeping students from Malta, recently flew to Athens just to join our honey tasting session and beekeeping experience. Despite the sweltering weather, we had a honey of a time!
Blathin is handling a frame full
of honey bees like a pro!
Our sweet adventure kicked off with a visit to our cozy little apiary. It was their first-ever live beehive inspection, so they were both buzzing with excitement! The dynamic duo handled the frames like seasoned pros, proving to be both enthusiastic and fearless beekeepers.
After exchanging pleasantries with the queen bee and her loyal workers, we moved on to the much-anticipated honey tasting session. We spilled the tea (or rather, the honey) on how this golden nectar is crafted in Greece and how honey connoisseurs judge its quality. Then came the grand moment—time to crack open those tiny jars and embark on a flavorful journey through 10 different honey varieties. What a sweet ride! Sylvana was smitten with the smoky, woody notes of the Chestnut honey, which reminded her of roasted chestnuts. Meanwhile, Blathin fell head over heels for the aromatic orange blossom honey and the silky, pearly fir honey from Peloponnese, also known as the Vanilla honey from the Vytina region.
As the clock ticked down to their flight back to Malta, our one-day honey escapade to Greece sadly came to an end. We snapped some 'graduation' pics to commemorate their sticky-sweet adventure and then buzzed off to Athens Internation Airport. Here's hoping Blathin and Sylvana will soon be producing their own local honey and other delightful beekeeping goodies back home.
Until then... keep buzzing!
Spyros and his honeyed students from Malta
Spyros Skareas, Entomologist M.Sc.
Athens | GREECE
