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Honey from conifers and herbs (Pine honey)
Honey from coniferous trees and herbs “Sikea Land” is collected in one of the rare Cretan pine forests, the Selakanos forest, which is included in the Natura 2000 programme. It is located at an altitude of 1100 meters. The combination of pine trees with cypresses, primroses, maples and other native shrubs, give us a unique quality and taste of honey.
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Honey heather
Heather honey belongs to the top and particularly rare varieties of honey of Greek nature. The autumnal chicory honey has an almost bronze colour, a very intense aroma with notes of caramel and a sub-bitter taste. We get it from heather, a shrub with purple flowers that blooms in autumn. It is the plant that supplies bees with the last pollen before winter.
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Olive oil
The relationship of Crete and especially Sitia with olive oil dates back to ancient times.The Mediterranean climate combined with the particular morphology of the soil of the region gives us an olive oil of excellent quality and taste, unique in its kind. Since 1993, Sitia olive oil is included in the olive oils with protected designation of origin (PDO).
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Pollen
Pollen is the substance that bees collect from the flowers of various plants and carry it to their hives, where it is stored. It contains a wealth of nutrients and is the main source of food for bees.
Bee pollen, known as ‘food of the gods’, has a history going back more than 5000 years. Ancient civilisations described it as ‘the food that gives life’ and used it as a tonic. -
Royal jelly
It is the queen bee’s food that makes her stand out from the rest of the hive, both in size and longevity! It is a creamy substance produced by worker bees. It is intended only for the queen and the larvae that will become queens, who feed exclusively on it. But in addition to bees, it also benefits man in many remarkable cases.
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Thyme honey from Crete
Thanks to the rare biodiversity and the sea that surrounds the island, the Thyme Honey of Crete is a natural product of high quality, rich in vitamins and nutrients, with a strong aroma and a distinctive taste and texture. It is collected in the area of the geopark of Sitia.