Mexico

Juana Carmona has had a relationship with Mexican honey since she was a child. She was seven years old and her parents managed tourist cabins while she watched over the hives. It seems that bees were her destiny as she married a beekeeper at 17 and began selling honey outside the Church of San Bernardino de Siena in Xochimilco. Today, she owns her own beekeeping company, Emmanuel, which has a history of 25 years. Did you know that this golden and sweet food that Juana and many others dedicated to this work cherish is very important in the history of Mexico, but that currently most of its production is exported? Keep reading to learn more about the landscape of Mexican honey.