Our story began in 2015, when we began to fall in love with beekeeping, since honey is one of the few foods that is extremely nutritious, delicious, but also beneficial for our planet. Step by step, we started with some beehives as a hobby in the Bulgarian countryside, because Venko (co-founder of Melimel) is from Bulgary. The sweet love for these wonderful pollinators and for Pamela, his Bolivian wife (and also the founder of Melimel) brought this hobbyist to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where Melimel was born in 2018. We started with 80 hives, marketing the honey under the Melimel brand and communicating the exact origin and the production season with the different beekeepers with whom we work. Later, we started to work with 150 beehives, of which 45 are part of the “Adopt a beehive” project. Two years later and thanks to the ancient wisdom of bees, we decided to contribute to society with new experiences through extracts of local, exotic and vital fruits and herbs vital for our health. We always seek to celebrate the wisdom of nature (bees, plants, their flowers and fruits) in tangible and intangible dimensions. We dream that our Bolivian roots transcend time and space.

Once we began to discover the aromas and flavors that Bolivian nature offers, Venko wanted to find a way to share it with his friends in Europe, so he began creating honey extracts from local and exotic fruits and herbs for the world. These products also had a very good response in the local market, which catapulted us to create the variety of products that we now have in Melimel, all of them with honey as the main ingredient. “We were fascinated by the variety, quality and flavors of the different local fruits and herbs, and then I began to try combinations with honey from Bolivian roots” Venko.

Something very special about the extracts we produce is that they use simple methods, with natural ingredients and inspired by the wisdom of nature (bees, plants, flowers and fruits). “Thus, we managed to preserve all the properties, flavors and aromas of something as precious as Bolivian nature.” Pamela tells us. In addition, the entire process for the production of honey, is carried out in our own facilities, which allows us to establish high quality standards and in accordance with what our customers are looking for.

On the other hand, one of our greatest pride is that the food and pharmaceutical industries have implemented Melimel extracts in the creation of new products that contribute to people’s health and vitality. This gave us confidence that we can bring these nutritious and exotic combinations to the rest of the world.