About Kloviniai Farm

Kloviniai is a village located in a picturesque hilly area in Utena district. This location attracts great attention of eco-tourists. A rippling lake nearby, green hills and valleys create an idyllic retreat, but not only. Apiaries. Today no one even remembers those very first beehives in Klovainiai: when and by whom they had been erected and what kind very first honey was harvested. Just it has been known for a long time that this location is devoted to honey.

The beekeeper Darius Mikėnas, having escaped from other activities, enjoys working in his apiary. "At first, it had been just a pleasant hobby for me", recalls Mikėnas. "I liked to extract honey for my family, gave a package as a present to friends and business partners. Over time, my friends became accustomed to my gifts and started to ask for more and more honey for themselves and their special occasions. Thus, the hobby I has been passionate about transformed me into an ardent beekeeper and a businessman".

How is Kloviniu medus honey harvested?

We harvest honey three times a year.

SPRING FLOWER HONEY is extracted first. In spring our bees collect nectar from clover, sweet clover, alfalfa, dandelion, yarrow and thyme blossoms. Because of great variety of blossoms, this honey has lots of different substances, valuable to human body and its immune system. Our honey from spring plants has strong aroma, rich taste and light-golden colour. At the beginning, it has a creamy consistency, and after a couple of months it solidifies.

SUMMER HONEY is harvested later. In summer our honeybees collect nectar from blossoming fruit-trees and other type garden plants (lime-trees, apple-trees, currants, cherry-trees and raspberries) and also from meadow flowers (clovers, sweet clovers, phacelia, dandelions and others). Summer honey has especially pleasant taste and light-golden colour. The aroma of summer meadow honey reminds us of a bouquet, freshly picked in July meadows.

Finally, HONEYDEW HONEY is extracted in autumn. Honeydew honey has intensive colour of amber. This time the source of nectar includes the fluid excreted by leaves and needles of plants. Honeydew honey is exceptional in human health benefits. It does not crystallize to a thick consistency for a long time. Depending on storing conditions, it can remain a sweet liquid up to one year.