Honey labels

At alpuris, you'll find honey from beekeepers certified with the most important Swiss organic labels. Certification must be confirmed annually by passing strict inspections.

Important: Only those with official certification from testing institutes may label their products as organic or Demeter honey. There are always suppliers who violate these legal regulations in order to deceive customers. Therefore, be cautious and, if in doubt, request proof of certification (BioSuisse maintains a register of certified companies).

For many years, alpuris has been awarded the most demanding organic label, the BioSuisse Bud, as well as the Demeter label. But what are the characteristics and differences between these two labels?

BioSuisse Bud

Although bees cannot be fenced in, it is still possible to produce organic honey. Organic beekeeping adheres to standards such as using beehives made of natural materials, sourcing bees from organic farms, feeding bees with organic feed, locating hives away from contaminated sites, and controlling Varroa mites using only organic acids and essential oils.

Demeter

Demeter's guidelines for natural beekeeping are even more demanding; they prescribe, among other things, natural honeycomb construction and queen propagation from one's own colony.

The goal is to overwinter on honey. If supplementary feeding is necessary, a herbal flower tea enriched with the bees' own honey and biodynamic or organic sugar is given. Following the conditions established by the Demeter standards, the Demeter beekeeper supports the colony so that it can live out its own natural impulses.

Honey from Demeter beekeeping is a truly precious commodity. The bee, as the entire bee colony is also called, is kept in a species-appropriate manner so that it can develop organically. This, along with the careful selection of locations, contributes significantly to the exceptional quality of the honey. Honey from Demeter beekeeping is harvested according to the rhythms of nature and the cosmos and is never heated above the natural temperature of the hive of 35 degrees Celsius.