The honey of Crete is completely natural and is produced in regions of endemic vegetation. The bio-system of Crete is rich in endemic plants, particularly herbs. This vegetation and herbs are the favourite source of food for bees. A tour of the bee-keeping areas of Crete is enough for visitors to understand why Crete produces the most aromatic honey in the world: the beehives are amidst a variegated landscape scented by aromatic bushes and herbs, most of them endemic to Crete. Since snow covers only the highest mountain peaks, albeit for a few months a year, and owing to the protracted summer season, wild vegetation is always available to bees for foraging. Crete has produced honey since pre-historic times! -- without interruption, as if nothing had changed. Perhaps the structure of the beehive improved, but all else must have remained unchanged: the bees, the aromatic herbs, the environment. Processing of the Cretan honey is by natural methods, without high temperatures that destroy the vitamins.
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