The People Behind Apianthos
Apianthos is produced by Bio Solea, and two of the people behind it are on record describing how the operation actually runs. General manager Nicolas Netien has explained that the team does everything itself — building its own hives, recycling its own wax, and breeding its own queen bees — without chemicals or antibiotics. Because the colonies come from a particular gentle bloodline, harvesting can be done without smoke or full protective gear, something Netien has pointed to as a sign of the trust built between beekeeper and bee.
Team member Demos Metaxas has spoken publicly about the operation’s approach to a changing climate, describing nomadic hives that follow the island’s seasonal blooms through increasingly extreme summer heat. “We work with nature,” he’s said, “our methods are synergetic and holistic” — a philosophy that shows up in the bee park’s decade-long development, which began as bare land in Inner Galata and has grown into a genuine organic botanical park, with plans to eventually include a health and wellness center on the same site.
