MEDENE

Regular price €10,90

Slovenian MED (honey) is produced all over Slovenia. It also carries a protected geographical indication - Slovenski med, and a special feature is the indigenous Slovenian bee - kranjska sivka (Apis mellifera carnica), which is the second most widely spread bee breed in the world.. Slovenians have protected Slovenian honey at the European level. Among the most common types of honey are acacia, linden tree, fir, spruce, chestnut, floral, dandelion etc. Kraški med honey and Kočevje forest honey are a speciality, protected by designation of origin. Slovenians have a long tradition of beekeeping, which is well preserved. We have great love for bees, every 200th Slovenian is a beekeeper. Slovenians were one of the initiators for May 20th to become World Bee Day. We celebrated our first World Bee Day on May 20, 2018. On this occasion, Slovenia issued a themed coin designed by architect Jani Bizjak and he also created these #slocks. Honeylicious indeed!

 

Slovenski med je pridelan na območju celotne Slovenije in nosi zaščiteno geografsko označbo, saj ga odlikuje bogastvo in pestrost rastlinskega sveta, razgibanost krajine ter podnebij, ki omogočajo široko paleto okusov in vrst medu. Slovenci smo zaščitili slovenski med na evropski ravni. Med najpogostejše vrste medu spadajo: akacijev, lipov, hojev, smrekov, kostanjev, cvetlični…

Za posebnost veljata tudi kraški med in kočevski gozdni med. Posebnost medu pridelanega v Sloveniji je avtohtona slovenska čebela – kranjska sivka, ki je druga najbolj razširjena čebelja pasma na svetu. Slovenci imamo dolgo tradicijo čebelarstva, ki jo tudi ohranjamo kot tudi ljubezen do čebel, vsak 200ti Slovenec je čebelar.

Slovenija je bila ena izmed pobudnic, da je 20. maj postal svetovni dan čebel. Prvi svetovni dan čebel smo praznovali 20. maja 2018, ob tej priložnosti pa je Slovenija izdala tematski kovanec za 2€, ki ga je oblikoval arhitekt Jani Bizjak in ki je pomagal ustvariti tudi te #slocks nogavice – medene, mar ne?