Contact Details: Odou, Larnaca Tel: +357 25622305, +357 99487185 Fax: +357 25622014 Contact: Mr Michalis Filippou, Manager

Company Profile

Michael and Costas have been practicing bee keeping since their childhood, inheriting the knowledge and secrets of the profession from their parents. Their company is located at Odou, a fairly remote village of the Orini (Mountainous) Larnaca, on the Southeastern slopes of the Macheras Mountains. The village is situated between Macheras forest and an agricultural plain where a diverse range of deciduous and citrus trees are grown. Among the wild plants, the one that dominates the scene, is the lavender variety, (lavandula angustifolia) known in Cyprus as ‘Mirofora’. This purple colored plant decorates the rural road network of the region during its flowering period, in spring time. This setting is therefore perfect for bees in producing honey with a blend rich in aromas and high in nutritional value.

The two genuine beekeepers manage a company with more than 1,000 hives and a fully equipped processing unit that meets the quality and hygiene standards as set by the Health Authorities. Under their close care and attention and despite many setbacks, capacity is constantly growing in order to meet the additional demand for their products. Hives are moved constantly between different places depending on the flowering season. During the period of citrus blossoming, bees are transported down the plain and close to the citrus groves and then, during the flowering of wild plants, they are moved back to the hills of Odou. during thyme flowering, bees are transported to places with dense thyme bushes collecting a honey that is strongly aromatic.

Suppliers of 100% Cyprus natural honey

The company produces and packages in a variety of sizes polyfloral honey which is a blend of thyme, citrus and wild plants nectar collected from their own honey bees that have travelled long distances in a multitude of locations around the Cypriot countryside.  Only minor quantities are taken from other, small bee keepers as their quality strategy dictates that they only use honey from their own bees, in that they are fully in charge of the bee keeping practises. Macheras honey is a 100% Cyprus product and no blends of imported honey are taken by the company either for processing or for wholesale trading. A genuine Cypriot bee culturing operation that supplies selected retailers with honey of premium quality, rich in aromas of the Cypriot countryside.

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MACHERAS MOUNTAIN BEE CULTURING (M. FILIPPOU & C. HIMONAS)