Apicoltura Canavesana di Deborah CaserioCesare Caserio launched this beekeeping activity in the 1970s and in 2014 was joined and subsequently succeeded by his daughter Deborah, a bee breeder who left a steady job in a multinational company to devote herself heart and soul to her family’s passion. She works in the mountain valleys of the Canavese area, especially the Valle Orco and the Val Soana, where she places the hives in the most suitable positions: the rhododendron and Alpine valley mountain wild flower (both Slow Food Presidia), chestnut honey, which bears the “Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso” quality trademark, the acacia and the cherry come from altitudes of up to 1,750 metres. In addition to honeys from other regions of Italy such as orange blossom, lavender and eucalyptus, at the shop in Ivrea it is also possible to buy cosmetics, beeswax candles, GeneBee, chestnut and rhododendron honey-flavoured genepì liqueur, aromatised grappas and bonbonnières. Deborah, who is also a judge at international competitions, cares for more than 300 families of bees, her own and those transferred to other beekeepers.
The shop is open on Thursday and Friday from 3.30pm to 7.30 pm and on Saturday from 10am to 7.30pm.
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