From Bucharest: Private Beekeeping Lesson and Local Lunch
ID: GYG281632-519125
Category:
Country: Romania
Duration:
10:00 hours
Description
Head out to a thriving apiary in the Romanian countryside and experience the joys of beekeeping. With the help of your private guide, learn the basics of beekeeping and how to harvest the products of the hive. Enjoy a typical Romanian lunch onsite.
Learn about the rich beekeeping tradition in Romania, a country with over 20,000 beekeepers. Imagine what it would be like to retreat to the countryside for weeks at a time with only the bees and the meadows of fragrant flowers as your company. Join your knowledgeable, English-speaking guide on a trip to a thriving apiary and get ready for a fascinating beekeeping immersion.
Start your apiary tour with a detailed beekeeping lesson. Study the behavior of the bees and learn some key facts about bee lifecycle and habitat necessary to being a successful beekeeper. Watch a mesmerizing demonstration of the harvesting process and learn how a beehive works firsthand. Get to know the different products that can be harvested from the hive, including honey, propolis, beeswax, pollen, bee bread, and bee venom. And don't forget Apilarnil, the hive product discovered by a famous Romanian beekeeper with immense health benefits.
After working up an appetite, enjoy a local lunch featuring traditional Romanian foods and drinks from ecological sources. Taste a number of healthy and delicious honeybee products for dessert.
Highlights
- Get to know the basics of beekeeping
- Learn about the curative and preventative health benefits of honeybee products
- Enjoy a delicious, locally-sourced lunch
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• This tour is not recommended for people with limited mobility, those who are allergic to bees, and pregnant women
• Please bring your passport or ID card
Pickup from any hotel in Bucharest (please wait in the lobby) or address in Bucharest (please wait on the sidewalk)
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.