said Albert Einstein.

We don't know if this is really the case, but without bees there would be a drastic drop in food products and, furthermore, bees are essential for the survival of our planet thanks to their role as pollinators. These insects, in fact, allow the reproduction of numerous species of flowers and plants, many of which are of food interest, helping to preserve biodiversity and safeguard the ecosystem.

Bees are also important because they produce honey, beeswax, propolis and royal jelly.

They are even able to restore land close to desertification.

The activity of bees is essential for human life, but unfortunately they risk extinction precisely because of man who often does not realize their importance.

Global warming caused by human pollution is in fact upsetting the vital rhythms of these industrious insects, which - precisely because of the rise in temperatures and increasingly "crazy" seasons - risk finding themselves with pollen when they are not yet ready to collect it or, vice versa, having empty blooms without enough nourishment to feed the swarm. Not only that: climate change is also favoring the spread of parasites that destroy hives.

The Oasi del Buon Gesù and the bees

Fortunately, beekeepers are there to lend a hand to bees, who take care of these splendid creatures and promote a type of sustainable breeding and agriculture, capable of favoring the renewal of natural resources without overexploiting them.

We are not beekeepers, but we have made our strictly organic land available to feed the bees in spring and summer with the flowering of citrus fruits without the use of chemical treatments, insecticides and pesticides.

In the Oasi del Buon Gesù from March to June/July it is possible to meet our friends (Umberto, Marco, ...) while they do their work and then be surprised and fascinated by the bees and their world.

Attending one of the many courses offered by ARSAC

(Regional Company for the Development of Calabrian Agriculture), we had the opportunity to meet some beekeepers from the mountain areas who were looking for land near the sea cultivated in a traditional and organic way.

The aim was to diversify their production of acacia, chestnut and eucalyptus honey, also adding citrus fruit. For some years, during the citrus fruit flowering period (March-June), these beekeepers have brought their families of bees to our land, and then brought them back to the mountains when they have completed their pollination task.

Thanks to this collaboration, beekeepers, our plants and bees derive their fair share of benefit in a synergistic, virtuous and above all natural circle.