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Apicoltura Keeps Business Buzzing
The Gabannini family's experience as beekeepers spans four generations. They have produced and sold honey through the time of Hitler and Mussolini to the present day.
Watch how the Gabannini family tends their bees and produce their honey.
Gaultiero Gabannini lived on the family bee farm during World War II.
Giorgio Gabannini divides his time between tending bees and running a local tobacchi.
Iti Gina mixes hand cream, propolis and other products out of the left over ingredients on the bee farm.
The Gabannini's shop sells a range of products, from 10 different varieties of honey to candles and handcream.
Read an article that follows the honey through Italian history as well as the Gabannini's family history.
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