"With direct sowing, the beekeeping world changed for the worse," says Javier Cersosimo, who started with bees in

For 40 years, Javier Cersosimo has been dedicated to beekeeping in southern Córdoba. He is one of the few beekeepers still active who lived through the golden age in that area, when it was known as the "star" of honey production. Unfortunately, today that is just a memory. "When I started with the hives, this was a mixed exploitation area. There was agriculture, livestock, and dairy farming, and a lot of pasture was sown. For the past 25 years, with direct sowing, the beekeeping world has changed for the worse," he recounted, reviewing his long experience with Bichos de Campo. What Javier does today shows that he has had to adapt to the changes in the sector. He no longer produces in quantity or sells in bulk, in 300-kilo drums, but, since moving his hives in search of flowering and maintaining them is very costly, he prefers to add value through fractionation and market his honey in markets and fairs. For this, he has divided his activities. In the San Joaquín area, he carries ...