The Makers · The Soil
Reading a mountain by its honey
3 May 2026 · By Anna Drozdowska
Eduardo can taste which flowers bloomed this spring, and which ones didn't come back. His hives are not a business. They are a diagnosis of the landscape.
Across the slopes of Montgó Natural Park, 20 hives of heritage native bees work more than 50 species of wildflower. Each year's honey carries a slightly different signature, a readable record of what is thriving and what is disappearing.
Apitourism lets visitors taste that record for themselves, turning a walk through the park into a lesson in pollination and biodiversity.
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