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ETHICS &
SUSTAINABILITY
ETHICS &
SUSTAINABILITY
APICEUTICALS' CIRCLE
OF SUSTAINABILITY
01/ETHICAL BEEKEEPING
02/SUSTAINABLE BEEHIVE MANAGEMENT
03/ETHICAL SOURCING OF INGREDIENTS
04/SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
APICEUTICALS' CIRCLE
OF SUSTAINABILITY
01/ETHICAL BEEKEEPING
02/SUSTAINABLE BEEHIVE MANAGEMENT
03/ETHICAL SOURCING OF INGREDIENTS
04/SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
01/
ETHICAL BEEKEEPING
WE WOULD'T DO IT ANY OTHER WAY
WE WOULD'T DO IT
ANY OTHER WAY
Since 1981, our family was the first to practice organic and ethical beekeeping in Arcadia, the Euphoric Greek land.
Since 1981, our family was the first to practice organic and ethical beekeeping in Arcadia, the Euphoric Greek land.
For almost 40 years, we have been promoting sustainable and “balanced” organic beekeeping practices so as to retain total control of the product quality while not harming the bees’ ecosystem. Loyal to our commitment for sustainability, we do prepare each bee product by hand — from the beehive to the jar — in small batches on our farm in Arcadia, Greece, ensuring the highest quality health enhancements for both your body and your skin. To protect our bees, WE ONLY HARVEST UP TO 60% OF OUR BEEHIVES’ PRODUCTION, LEAVING AT LEAST 40% OF THE HONEY ON THE HONEYCOMBS, while implementing a course of “balanced” actions to ensure sustainability for our earth, our pollinators, as well as ourselves and the generations to come.
For almost 40 years, we have been promoting sustainable and “balanced” organic beekeeping practices so as to retain total control of the product quality while not harming the bees’ ecosystem.
Loyal to our commitment for sustainability, we do prepare each bee product by hand — from the beehive to the jar — in small batches on our farm in Arcadia, Greece, ensuring the highest quality health enhancements for both your body and your skin.
To protect our bees, WE ONLY HARVEST UP TO 60% OF OUR BEEHIVES’ PRODUCTION, LEAVING AT LEAST 40% OF THE HONEY ON THE HONEYCOMBS, while implementing a course of “balanced” actions to ensure sustainability for our earth, our pollinators, as well as ourselves and the generations to come.
HOW WE HELP BEES GROW ORGANICALLY
HOW WE HELP BEES GROW ORGANICALLY
We put the needs of the bee colony above that of the beekeeper. Our approach is a holistic one, based on respect and love for the bee colony and our eco-system, prioritizing it over profit.
01/
TIMING:
a./
TIMING:
The harvest for all of our honeys and bee ingredients happens at the peak of the flowering and blooming season to ensure purity. All APICEUTICALS bee products are certified and they are all 100% pure, while the methods we implement are balanced and promote harmony between people and the environment and utilize sustainable beekeeping.
02/
HARVEST CONTROL:
b./
HARVEST CONTROL:
We only harvest up to 60% of the bee products, while leaving enough honey and pollen for the bees to feed on until next season. Artificial feeding is strictly avoided at all costs. We run annual quality laboratory tests on honey and bee by-products to ensure our honey is 100% pure, organic and without any single additive.
03/
HIVE PROTECTION:
c./
HIVE PROTECTION:
We do not use any chemical glues and plastics for hive construction. We build hives by using recyclable naturally occurring materials such as wood. No chemical residues can be used in and around the hives (synthetic pesticides or other materials such as cleaning products or repellents, antibiotics or synthetic medicine, etc.)
04/
HIVE TREATMENT:
For the treatment of our beehives, we only intervene with the use of 100% certified natural and organic essential oils and natural extracts.
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HIVE TREATMENT:
For the treatment of our beehives, we only intervene with the use of 100% certified natural and organic essential oils and natural extracts.
02/
SUSTAINABLE BEEHIVE MANAGEMENT
PROTECTING OUR BEES AND OUR PRECIOUS ECO-SYSTEM
PROTECTING OUR BEES AND OUR PRECIOUS ECO-SYSTEM
All of our Apiaries (bee colonies) are placed in the geographic area of Arcadia, one of the most unspoiled natural land in GREECE.
We carefully select the apiary locations (within approximately 28 km2) to be surrounded by native vegetation or organic operations, free of GMOs and pesticides. At least 90% of all plants require cross-pollination to thrive, and bees are our most important pollinators. While our bees pollinate, they help plants fruit, set seed and breed, supporting the growth of trees, flowers, and other plants, which serve as food and shelter for all kinds of little or bigger creatures. It is bees that play the most crucial part in every aspect of our ecosystem, enriching our natural environment and making our world beautiful.
All of our Apiaries (bee colonies) are placed in the geographic area of Arcadia, one of the most unspoiled natural land in GREECE.
We carefully select the apiary locations (within approximately 28 km2) to be surrounded by native vegetation or organic operations, free of GMOs and pesticides. At least 90% of all plants require cross-pollination to thrive, and bees are our most important pollinators. While our bees pollinate, they help plants fruit, set seed and breed, supporting the growth of trees, flowers, and other plants, which serve as food and shelter for all kinds of little or bigger creatures.
It is bees that play the most crucial part in every aspect of our ecosystem, enriching our natural environment and making our world beautiful.
03/
ETHICAL SOURCING OF INGREDIENTS
BEYOND ORGANIC STANDARDS & CERTIFICATIONS
BEYOND ORGANIC STANDARDS & CERTIFICATIONS
If one way be better than another,
that you may be sure is nature's way
ARISTOTLE
ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER AND SCIENTIST,
384–322 BC
If one way be better than another,
that you may be sure is nature's way.
ARISTOTLE
ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER AND SCIENTIST,
384–322 BC
We believe that having good tasting honey and beneficial bee ingredients for our skin is worth nothing if the methods used to produce them are not in line with nature. Although all of our bee products are TRIPLE-CERTIFIED ORGANIC (USDA Organic, BioHellas, EU Organic Agriculture), this doesn’t stop up moving forward and implementing higher standards in raising our hives in organically-managed land and pushing the boundaries on enforcing
further sustainable organic principles towards a completely bee-centered approach to hive management. Our skincare ingredients are naturally sourced, produced and transported in a way that limits its contribution to global warming. That is why we prefer organic, certified ingredients, that if they are not produced by us, whenever possible, they are produced locally, respecting our natural resources and the living world.
We believe that having good tasting honey and beneficial bee ingredients for our skin is worth nothing if the methods used to produce them are not in line with nature. Although all of our bee products are TRIPLE-CERTIFIED ORGANIC (USDA Organic, BioHellas, EU Organic Agriculture), this doesn’t stop up moving forward and implementing higher standards in raising our hives in organically-managed land and pushing the boundaries on enforcing further sustainable organic principles towards a completely bee-centered approach to hive management.
Our skincare ingredients are naturally sourced, produced and transported in a way that limits its contribution to global warming. That is why we prefer organic, certified ingredients, that if they are not produced by us, whenever possible, they are produced locally, respecting our natural resources and the living world.
04/
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
ECO-RESPECTING PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
AWARD WINNING &
ECO-RESPECTING PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
Our packaging plays a key role in keeping our products safe for consumption or application, preventing food waste and ensuring the nutrients they contain, whether it is in a honey jar or a shampoo, they travel safely and in their full potency around the world.
But it is equally important that our packaging is also environmentally sustainable. We design our packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compostable, using better, preferably recycled or renewable and responsibly sourced materials.
Wherever possible, we’ve eliminated the use of plastic, making it our mission to further reduce it even more in the future thus maintaining our mission for sustainability even further. The plastic we use is suitable for cosmetic use and it never alters the products’ efficacy.
ZERO PLASTIC
ZERO GLUE
FSC CERTIFIED PAPER
But it is equally important that our packaging is also environmentally sustainable. We design our packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compostable, using better, preferably recycled or renewable and responsibly sourced materials.
Wherever possible, we’ve eliminated the use of plastic, making it our mission to further reduce it even more in the future thus maintaining our mission for sustainability even further. The plastic we use is suitable for cosmetic use and it never alters the products’ efficacy.
FOOD & BEAUTY WITH PURPOSE:
OUR COMMITMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY
FOOD & BEAUTY WITH PURPOSE:
OUR COMMITMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Since day one we’ve dedicated our efforts to lessening our impact and making sustainable choices for a stronger planet.
Since day one we’ve dedicated our efforts to lessening our impact and making sustainable choices for a stronger planet.
Billy and Nikos Roumeliotis,
Apiceuticals Founders & Patent Inventors
