Meli Kastanitsas

Meli Kastanitsas, our story

Meli Kastanitsas begins around 1950 when Andreas Lambrou and his wife Angeliki, who were mainly engaged in agriculture, acquired their first beehives in hives from the then elderly grandfather George, Andreas Lambrou’s father. Gradually and with many efforts they began to learn and enter the spirit of beekeeping. Initially they produced honey only for their family’s needs. Afterwards, Andreas started intensively dealing with beekeeping. The little knowledge his father had and a couple of books that existed at the time were the only supplies he had. But the stubbornness to succeed was great.

 

The Place

On Mount Parnona or Malevo in the Peloponnese in this beautiful corner of Greece, which covers the entire eastern side of Arcadia, is a small village, Kastanitsa. It is one of the most ancient mountainous Kynouri villages of Parnon and according to all the written texts, it is also the most ancient Tsakonochori. Kastanitsa is built between the fir trees and the large chestnut forest that surrounds it and which has an area of 4,500 acres. There is the seat of the beekeeping unit Meli Kastanitsa.