The love and passion for bees and beekeeping, was born many years ago, with my father, who in the early 80's owned about sixty hives, in all these years we have gone through ups and downs, but nothing has prevented us from turning a hobby into a profession. The Azienda Apistica Sciutto Andrea, Apicoltura "La Volpina" was officially born in 2016, after the loss of Dad, I gradually abandoned my main activity to turn into reality a project thought up with him the year before he fell ill in 2013. I managed to rebuild an apiary from a few hives, in a quiet and clean valley, just as I had thought with him. He was not a chatterbox, but during his visits to the hives he would say to me: "Listen, watch and learn" ....... and I must say that I have learned a lot from the bees. Now I can count about seventy hives distributed in different permanent apiaries, each consisting of 24 hives, two of which are in the Volpina valley, in the Ovadese area (an area of Lower Piedmont and Upper Monferrato, in the southernmost part of the province of Alessandria, bordering on Liguria to the south, specifically Rossiglione). This area produces acacia, chestnut and linden, honeydew, cherry and dandelion honey. Production is very dependent on climatic factors, as the area is close to the Ligurian Apennines (very windy and rainy). Abandoning my old activity I have sacrificed a lot, but I believe in what I do, the passion for the environment and love for bees pushes me to improve my way of conducting apiaries and produce quality honey...... ......................................................Love in every drop.....................................................................