CHARACTERISTICS OF MELIUS

Uniqueness, quality, and safety are the three key attributes of MELIUS whose products are the result of a balanced partnership between nature and advanced beekeeping practice. 

These MELIUS attributes are based on:

  • Utilizing local and endemic resources (nectar and pollen) from honey plants in the untouched mountain regions of Bistra and other carefully selected locations.

List of endemic plants related to
Virgin Honey and Premium Honey

MELIUS

Virgin Honey and
Premium Honey

  • Local endemic plant species:
    • Thymus ciliatopubescens var. bistrae
    • Thymus albanus var. korabensis
    • Achillea korabensis
    • Achillea frasii f. korabensis
    • Potentilla ternate
  • Regional endemic plant species:
    • Trifolium pilczii
    • Onobrychis montana ssp. scardica
    • Rumex balcanicus
    • Potentilla recta var. balcanica
  • Beekeeping practice using modern methods in harmony with nature and the needs of honeybees
    • Chemical-free beekeeping
    • Breeding the Macedonian honeybee – Apis mellifera macedonica
  • Quality and safety control as a top priority and responsibility to consumers
  • Regular detailed physical-chemical, nutritional analyses in the elite laboratories of EUROFINS in Germany
  • Pollen analysis to determine botanical and geographical origin DIN 10760 mod. (2002-05) [ICS SOP 520-11 (2018-03)]
  • Organoleptic analyses by an accredited expert in sensory analysis of honey Dr. Raffaele Dall’Olio from Italy, accredited within the Italian Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey (ICS SOP 520-02 (2018-08))