Axion Esti Apiculture Museum

The apiary tradition of the A. A. Dimakopoulos family begins in 1957, in Stemnitsa, not far from Argos, in the prefecture of Arcadia, Peloponnese. Using natural-biological methods, the family’s beekeepers produce honey, pollen, royal jelly, propolis, beeswax, and all the natural bee products necessary to humans.

Care and devotion were passed from father to son, generating an experience that bloomed into a love and passion for quality-conscious work.

“Axion Esti” — a hymn to the Virgin Mary chanted in Eastern Orthodox liturgies — best expresses the family’s philosophy about the earth’s most beneficial insect, the bee.

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Museum Visit and Guided Tasting

• Apiculture Museum: Explore the museum’s collection of traditional Greek beekeeping equipment, historical hives, and exhibits on the role of bees in Greek culture since antiquity
• Working Apiary: Visit the Axion Esti working hives and see the traditional beekeeping methods the Dimakopoulos family has used since 1957
• Honey Tasting: Taste Axion Esti’s exceptional Arcadian mountain honey and bee products in the beautiful Stemnitsa, Arcadia setting