Limited tree barks cured for hundreds of years
Raw cinerea honey has been used for centuries, even thousands of years, to heal and strengthen ancient settlers. Xera LIMITED EDITION is harvested inside beehives made by hand to welcome local wild bees.
The same places surrounded by megalithic remains have hosted colonies of Apis Mellifera Mellifera for millennia and now host the Xera LIMITED EDITION harvest protected in mountain shelters surrounded by stone
A limited edition with antioxidant and antimicrobial powers of unimaginable purity, and a particular and intense flavour like no other
Our handmade hives can benefit from air currents from the nearby Cantabrian Sea and, at the same time, enjoy the pure nutrients of the mountain and virgin forests.
We take care of the native bees so that they themselves can carry out the work they have done for millennia, but this time in limited handmade honeycombs that we place in places of pristine purity. In the shelter of the fertile valley of the Navia, high in the mountains, where wild flowers collect nutrients from the sea.
Raw Cinerea Honey has been used for centuries, even thousands of years, to heal and strengthen ancient settlers. And we harvest it now as they did then. Inside beehives made by hand with the most valuable logs in the environment. Made with wood cured for centuries to welcome local wild bees. Our honey is harvested just as it was done in ancient times. In the same places surrounded by megalithic remains, proof of the authenticity of those magical lands that have housed colonies of Apis Mellifera Mellifera for millennia.
It takes decades to season the wood so that it is optimal for creating the so-called ‘truébano’ (handmade hive).
Furthermore, thanks to the mobility provided by the handmade hives (the ‘truébanos’), our ancestors built shelters oriented in such a way that they can benefit from air currents from the nearby Cantabrian Sea, and at the same time enjoy the pure nutrients of the mountain and virgin forests.
Lichens and mosses have been growing in the area for thousands of years, even on the rock itself, and are in turn excellent biomarkers of the purity of the air and the flora itself. The flavor and properties of honey reproduce the original perfection.
The distinctive hive for breeding LIMITED EDITION Xera honey is the so-called ‘truébano’, a handmade hive made from chestnut bark that has been preserved for years so that the wood gains thickness, nuances and a distinctive texture, enriching the honey flavor thanks to the wood itself and enhancing its unique properties through the insistent dehydration.
It takes decades to season the wood so that it is optimal for creating the so-called ‘truébano’. Time gives thickness to the bark, time gives flavor to the wood. And raw cinerea honey that wild bees care for you benefits from all of this.
‘TRUÉBANOS’ MADE FROM ANCIENT TREES ENHANCE FALVOUR, TEXTURE, DENSITY AND PRESENE OF ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS
Mountain shelters protect the harvest from wild bears.
Organic acids have a clear role in the antibacterial activity of honey and by making handmade honeycombs from ancient trees, also enhance the flavor, texture, density and presence of these antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds.
Xera’s raw, limited production honey is carefully harvested to achieve an exact and pure reproduction of the honey that cured and nourished thousands of years ago. But a treasure like this has its risks. Mountain shelters surrounded by stone protect the harvest from wild bears.
Essence is difficult to obtain.
‘Truébanos’ made from ancient trees enhance flavour, texture, density and presence of antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds. And this honey needs the purity of the upper Navia basin, which provides it with high levels of phenolic acids and flavonoids, with greater antioxidant capacity.
Centuries-old hand-made hives as key to dehydrate and multiplying the medicinal properties of LIMITED EDITION Xera honey
Wild bees collect honey and dehydrate it again and again in honeycombs sheltered within century-old hand-made hives, which makes our wild honeys have an astonishing density 10 times higher than conventional honeys, in turn enhancing the presence of organic acids and improving its antioxidant capacity.
Advanced studies show that our raw cinerea honeys have high average content of total D-gluconic acid, citric acid and L-malic acid compared to other honeys. That is why this variety of honey has been used as a natural medicine since ancient times. When our ancestors discovered its benefits, they decided that they would try to reproduce the bee habitat with the bark itself.
Xera LIMITED EDITION raw honey is collected by gravity, unfiltered and using traditional methods. In addition, it must pass demanding quality controls to meet (and maintain) the flavour, colour, consistency and aromatic qualities that we require from a unique honey. And at the same time, we need to guarantee the compositional and therapeutic qualities of the honey itself.
Superfood by nature
All these compositional and therapeutic qualities make Xera LIMITED EDITION honey a superfood with enormous potential on a medical and well-being level.
We strictly follow the oldest production methods
Xera: Work seeking excellence
Harvest in ancient chestnut
Laboratory monitoring
With unique properties
Delivered as a piece of art
The best kept secret for thousands of years
Discover the Place Where Magic is Made
The land where our honey is harvested is one of the few places in the world where bees are born and reproduce in the wild. Xera cares about taking care of the environment and keeping it in perfect condition to complete the work in a sustainable way, supported by a biological wealth that results in a harvest of astonishing quality, which surprises us every year. At Xera we work for the conservation of these local bee populations, which have been inhabiting the area for thousands of years.
