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Apicoltura Bertoncini Federico

Toscana, IT
Bees' king
240 million
The pollinated flowers by the bees I protect
600 thousand
The monitored bees that you can adopt
320
The kg of honey produced by the adoptable hives
10
3Bee Technological Hive Adoptions
Hero of biodiversity
155
The Protected Plants that you can adopt
8.5 thousand
The number of protected plants
6.5 million
The bees fed by the adoptable plants
2.6 thousand
The kg of nectar produced by the protected plants

I am part of 3Bee's 'Oasis of Biodiversity' project. You can adopt one of my hives. This project allows me to regenerate biodiversity by caring for bees using innovative technologies developed by 3Bee. Here you can choose to adopt your hive from a distance and I will take care of it using the best techniques.

My history

My company was born in 2013 following a long period of convalescence that kept me away from my job for 23 months. It was at this particular time in my life that I started with just a few hives, but I soon grew to have around 50 hives. I live in Cascio, a beautiful village in the splendid Garfagnana, the hilly mountainous part of Lucca, a wonderful place surrounded by greenery, far from intensive agriculture and pollution. The main productions are acacia and chestnut, but depending on the season you can produce an excellent mountain wildflower and forest honeydew as well as propolis and pollen. My 2 locations are in Gallicano where I produce the much-prized acacia, and for the chestnut and millefiori at S.Pellegrinetto at 950 metres above sea level in the municipality of Vergemoli, a charming and unspoilt place with a breathtaking view of the Apuan Alps, a true paradise for bees. I had a great satisfaction in 2020 when I was awarded in Castel San Pietro with two gold drops with acacia honey as one of the best honeys in Italy. on 30 September 2022 in lazise I won the first prize "ape D'oro" as the best Italian acacia honey.