Photo: Bee brood by Mr Boštjan Tovornik

Newsletter, May 2016

Api family experience in Slovenia Family holidaying is quality time spend together, enjoy of different activities, explore new places, have fun and make memories for life. There’s not better classroom for your children than feeling the nature and learning from it by directly connecting with it. Following its mission to provide tours embracing nature, culture and spirit ApiRoutes creates just perfect holidays for families. Personalized approach and incredible attention for details ensures you and your family a great tour to Slovenia - a great combination of relaxing, but active holidays for whole family, combining the most authentic experiences and getting to know beautiful small creatures – bees. If your first thought was “oh no, that’s dangerous”, no worries, we make sure all bee visits are safe and family-friendly as well as the accommodations sites, guides, restaurants, transfers and other services. Here is just one example of an api family experience.

Short itinerary:

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Day 1: Arrival to Slovenia. Guided tour in Ljubljana with the visit to exhibition Save the bees on Ljubljana castle Day 2: Lake Bled and drive with pletna boat – Introduction to bees by a beekeeper & Painting on beehive front-panels & Tasting of sweet honey – Puppet show about bees – Visit to a bee house – Drive with “lojtrnik” – Ljubljana Day 3: Postojna cave and drive with underground train – Piran and exploring Slovenian coast – Ljubljana Day 4: Departure

Make this a summer to remember! Request your itinerary or book your tour at [email protected].

Honey night – first perfume with Slovenian honey President of Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association Mr Boštjan Noč decided to launch the first perfume with a scent of Slovenian honey for women. The perfume with a gentle smell of flowers and warm summer evenings and honey is being produced in France, therefore combining Slovenian rich beekeeping tradition and French technique of perfume producing. "Honey night" is just the first innovative product in President's innovative products line.

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www.apiroutes.com We look forward to your comments and will be very happy to assist you by creating your own Api Experience.

Beekeepers from the US exploring Slovenia Another amazing tour beyond expectations! Beekeepers from the US enjoyed their beekeeping tour and learned about excellent apiculture in Slovenia. Meetings with local beekeepers, authentic villages, delicious food and friendly people, along with reliable guide, comfortable accommodation and comprehensive services ... made another unforgettable tour.

Book your tour at [email protected]. Note that you can always create your own tour, with your preferred dates and visits.

ApiRoutes promoting apitourism in Turkey ApiRoutes recently took part at SlotTur B2B networking workshop organized by Slovenian-Turkish Business Club and discussed future business opportunities in Turkey.

Don’t miss the opportunity to meet with us • • • • • •

Wokshop on Slovenian tourism, 23. – 27. May 2016, Seoul, South Korea SIW – Slovenian Incoming Workshop, 9. – 11. June 2016, Čatež, Slovenia 89. Congress of German speaking beekeepers, 8. – 11. September 2016, Salzburg, Austria Berufsimkertage, 21. – 23. October 2016, Donaueschingen, Germany Apicultural Congress in France, 27. – 30. October 2016, Clermont-Ferrand, France SITV Colmar, 11. – 13. November 2016, Colmar, France.

10 most unforgettable Api Tour Experiences 1 Excellent beekeeping practices. Different Api Experiences offer you an insight into the work of beekeepers, their philosophy and techniques. 2 Sharing experiences and networking. Get a special opportunity to share experiences. 3 Lectures, courses and workshops. Acquire practical skills and learn about new principles or techniques from the experts, engaged into different interesting fields of beekeeping. 4 Local apiculture, cultural and culinary specialties. Taste, smell and try out high-quality local bee products. And take some with you. 5 Professional guidance. Our multilingual guides are trained in beekeeping. 6 Innovations. Choose a perfect way to see, learn, try and discuss the newest innovations and techniques, very useful for your beekeeping work, too. 7 Bee queens and beekeeping equipment. Take an opportunity to visit unique bee breeding stations as well as buy new beekeeping equipment. 8 Learn about new country. Api Experiences are always combined with touristic visits, so you’ll get a cultural, historical and political overview over the specifics of the destination; learn about local habits and way of living. 9 Connect more with fellow beekeepers. Travelling in a group has many advantages, among others the travelers get more connected with each other. 10 Personal enrichment. By travelling in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way, you contribute to your better life and also to a better life of our future generations.

Visit www.apiroutes.com or follow us on Facebook to explore Api Experiences Beyond Beekeeping. ApiRoutes – Apitourism combines a unique range of experiences captured in unspoiled nature, culture and spirit. It’s very unique approach to travel - travel as inspiration, education and enrichment. Our professional multilingual team is happy to assist you in creating your own Api Experience!

With Love of Bees and Nature, Tanja Arih Korošec, Director Aritours, ApiRoutes Boštjan Noč, President Slovenian Beekeeper´s Association

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