miel de flores del Bajo Rin
Imkerei am Niederrhein
Estamos fuera de temporada.
El proyecto
Adopta {publicVariety} del colmenar "{farmName}" en {cityfarm} ({countryFarm}) y recibe tu cosecha a domicilio en forma de {production}. El Farmer {farmerName} cuidará de tu adopción y le sacará una foto. También podrás descargarte un certificado de adopción y, si quieres, planificar una visita a la finca. Como la cosecha por temporada de {publicVariety} es tan grande, la adopción será compartida por varias personas. Si quieres más siempre podrás hacer una nueva adopción. No hay compromiso de permanencia: una vez que recibas el producto y si te gusta la experiencia, podrás decidir si renovar tu adopción.
¿Qué adoptas?
Adoptas {publicVariety} de nuestro colmenar en {cityfarm} ({countryFarm}).
Adopta una de mis colmenas de abejas en el hermoso Bajo Rin y apoya mi proyecto de apicultura orgánica. He elegido la abeja Apis Melifera Carnica . Es una abeja pacífica, esta cualidad es importante para trabajar con las abejas y especialmente para las personas que viven en la zona. Mis abejas viven, como en la apicultura orgánica, en colmenas de madera natural tratadas con aceite de linaza. Para alimentarse, siempre dejo a las abejas una parte de su néctar recolectado en la colmena, pero también las alimento con jarabe de azúcar. Es importante dejar néctar para las abejas, porque es parte de sus suministros durante el invierno.
Una colonia de abejas poliniza un área de unos 10 km² si el clima y la flora proporcionan las condiciones ideales. Si las condiciones son subóptimas, es decir, la floración es menos abundante en las inmediaciones, puede llegar a ser de hasta 20 km².
Las colonias jóvenes y los nuevos enjambres de abejas pueden fortalecer las colonias que han disminuido de tamaño durante el invierno o crear nuevas colonias. Normalmente una colonia se renueva cada seis semanas durante la temporada: Las abejas de verano viven 6 semanas y las de invierno hasta 6 meses. Como las abejas siempre mueren fuera de su colmena, sirven de alimento a las aves y otros insectos cerrando el ciclo natural.
Una {variety} produce una media de 24kg cada temporada. Cada {variety} será adoptada por 12 CrowdFarmers que recibirán una caja con {masterUnitsMax}kg de {production}.
¿Qué recibes?
Cada temporada te enviaremos una caja con:
4 x __miel de flores del Bajo Rin__ (botes de aprox. 500g, vidrio)
Disfruta de la genuina miel del Bajo Rin con su sabor que va de dulce a fuerte afrutado, dependiendo de donde las abejas hayan recogido su néctar. Son típicas de la región las moras, el arce y las castañas, y también muchas otras plantas con flores, por ejemplo, la facelia, la mejorana, los girasoles, la lavanda, el diente de león, la silfa jaspeada, la colza y los espárragos. La característica especial de esta miel es la producción artesanal local, el cuidadoso procesamiento y el envasado natural.
Te envío la miel en una caja estable y reciclable sin plástico adicional. Hay que tener en cuenta que la miel debe almacenarse siempre en un lugar fresco y oscuro, en estas condiciones es realmente duradera, aunque sus propiedades pueden cambiar. No es adecuado para los bebés menores de 12 meses.
¿Cuándo lo recibes?
Más abajo puedes ver la fecha límite para poder participar en este proyecto (fecha límite de adopción). A partir de esta fecha el Farmer empezará a preparar los pedidos de las cajas que debe enviar.
Durante el proceso de compra podrás elegir una de las fechas que el Farmer propone para recibir tu caja.
¿Por qué adoptar?
* Conoce quién, cómo y dónde se producen tus alimentos. Adquiere tus alimentos de forma consciente.
* Compra directamente al productor. Ayuda a generar mayor riqueza y mejores trabajos en entornos rurales.
* Planifícate y permite que el Farmer cultive bajo demanda. Así conseguiremos evitar el desperdicio de comida que se cultiva sin que tenga venta.
* Premia a los Farmers que se esfuerzan por un packaging y unas prácticas de cultivo que respetan el medio ambiente.
¿Cómo funciona?
Conoce a los Farmers
Adopta y planifica tu cosecha
Deja trabajar al Farmer y a la naturaleza
Recibe la cosecha a domicilio
Stefan Loth
The Imkerei am Niederrhein originated from the idea of a business IT specialist (me): My name is Stefan Loth, by profession I am now a beekeeper. The only thing I regret about the decision to become a beekeeper is that I haven't made it 10 years earlier.
A little over 10 years ago, relatively late for a beekeeping of this size, I came to beekeeping after my considerations at the time. With initially 5 bee colonies as a hobby, other bee colonies were added in the following two years. This quickly turned a hobby into a sideline and, after buying a suitable site, a agricultural business. In order to put my beekeeping on a sound foundation, I passed the journeyman's examination for professsionel beekeeping after many courses and trainings. I am currently preparing for the next training level to get a master beekeeper.
The Imkerei am Niederrhein is located in the district of Kleve, in my place of residence, Goch, in one of the landscape conservation areas there. I have been able to acquire 1.5 hectares of forest and meadows over the past few years. A large part of my bees found a home next to two log houses for beekeeping. Other bee colonies are housed at a year-round stand on an organic farm. I only work with beehives all year round. Because traveling with bees means a lot of work and time for me as a beekeeper and above all stress for the animals!
The area is only worked as far as absolutely necessary to be able to work on the bee colonies. The buildings were placed on the site in such a way that no trees had to be felled. The tree population was preserved. On the entire site, all areas that do not have to be walkable or passable are left to their own devices or even additional early bloomers are planted and sown as pollen suppliers.
My beekeeping doesn't have any organic certification. I work as a conventional beekeeper except for minor deviations according to the general EU organic standards.
There are no pesticides or pesticides in my beekeeping. I see every weed that grows as “food” for my bees.
In addition to the additional feeding in late summer, part of the honey harvest remains in the beehive so that the bees can spend the winter not only with sugar syrup but also with their own honey. The bee season on the Lower Rhine is from April to September. This time is high season for me, multiplication of bee colonies, capturing swarms of bees and harvesting honey. There are also guided tours, open days and training sessions to bring people closer to environmental problems from an insect perspective. Outside the season, the bee colonies are only intervened in an emergency. As a beekeeper, I use the time out of season to process the harvested honey, to market it, to continue my training with courses and also to plan the coming bee year.
At the apiary, I regularly use the opportunity to discuss beekeeping, flora & fauna and the environment with visitors and to raise awareness, not only for bees, but for all pollinators and insects. I hope that I can achieve this via CrowdFarming too! I am also happy to bring you CrowdFarmers the taste of Lower Rhine home in the form of honey!
Stefan Loth
"The bees impress me every day with their fantastic achievements. They are extremely important to the global ecosystem, not because of their honey, but because of their pollination services."
Imkerei am Niederrhein
Imkerei am Niederrhein
Our region is rural: Due to the proximity to Duisburg, Düsseldorf and the Netherlands, many commuters live here who enjoy the quieter country life in their free time, for example when cycling here, which is very popular here. On a bike tour through our area you will discover numerous farms and rest yards, one and two family houses as well as only a few residential complexes but no industry. It is worth discovering ...
In 1998 I came to the Lower Rhine for family reasons and stayed here. In 2005 I started with the hobby “beekeeping” and set up 5 bee colonies in the garden. In the course of time the 5 bee colonies became more.
In January 2012 I officially founded the “Imkerei am Niederrhein” from my hobby beekeeping in my home town of Pfalzdorf. At the beginning, my apiaries were housed in small groups in private gardens. In 2015 and 2018 I acquired a total of 1.5ha of forest, meadow and forest area in the local landscape protection area in two steps. After many negotiations with local authorities, I got approval for two buildings that house the beekeeping's technical infrastructure. The local flora can almost be described as wild: Large parts of the area are unprocessed, natural forest and green areas with wild blackberries, which offer bees and pollen in spring. In addition to blackberries, maple, chestnuts, birches and oaks, an unbelievable number of other flowering and auxiliary plants grow on this area, e.g. Phacelia, blackberries, marjoram, sunflowers, lavender, dandelions, streaky silphia.
In order to provide the bees with pollen early in the spring, over the past few years, hundreds of crocuses, daffodils, tulips and other onion flowers have been planted in the meadow at the bee's location, which is mowed by hand twice a year. This is a wonderful sight in spring!
No synthetically manufactured chemical products are used on the entire site to combat by-plants or pests. Flora and fauna are more or less left to their own devices. To support the bird life, food and nesting opportunities are offered all year round. We use solar energy to generate electricity. I work in beekeeping all year round and in special activities such as My two daughters support me at the open house.
The honey harvest can be easily controlled so that nothing has to be sorted out. The reject criterion is the water content of the honey. Should this be too high, the honey can be used as baking honey or for feeding the bees. Old honeycombs are melted down and processed into wax candles. Wax from the honey harvest is used to make new honeycombs and cosmetics (creams, lip balm ...). Old frames that are not suitable for further use are used as fire lighters.Green waste occurring on the site is composted. Tree pruning can be found as filling material in a Benjes hedge on the property.
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Imkerei am Niederrhein, Goch, DE
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