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SLOVENIA has probably been the most
Westernised Slav nation in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy for centuries. A member of the
former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 1991, it is now a small independent nation of
Central Europe. 
Located in the Balkan Peninsula, Slovenia borders Austria in
the North, Hungary in the Northeast, Croatia in the Southeast, Italy and the Adriatic Sea
in the West. It is less than half the size of Switzerland but has a popu lation of close
to two million inhabitants. The country is a would-be member of the European Union and has
developed a strong partnership with its fifteen members of European Union.
Slovenia is mainly covered with mountains and a landscapes that reminds one of those of
its neighbors, Northern Italy and Austria. Apart from the Northeast region of the country,
(on the East side of the Drava river) the whole Northern region of Slovenia is made of the
Slovene Alps, the highest peak of which is the Triglav Mount. The South third of the
country is located in the Karst, a region consisting of a dry chalky plateau, alternating
with meadows, and hills. A small part of the Southwestern shore of Slovenia can also be
found not far away from Trieste.
When it comes to beekeeping, Slovenia displays many fast changing and unfavorable climatic
conditions, especially when compared to its neighbors. While the fauna and the flora are
very diversified and the landscape is quite rugged. Slovenia is climactically unique,
being under the influence of the Mediterranean Sea, the Alps, the Pannonian plain and the
Dinaric mountains. As a result, temperatures can range between very hot in the summer, to
very cold inclement in winter.
Such
climatic conditions have strengthened the fauna and, like anywhere else in the world, a
specifically resistant species of bees was naturally selected, known as the
genuine
CARNIOLAN BEE
APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA
As beekeeping is an ancient
traditional Slovene activity, national beekeepers learned how to make the most of
Carniolan bees. Today, taking over what their own ancestors initiated two centuries ago,
they have decided to adopt a worldwide strategy.
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Last modified on the 04/02/08 – ® Site created by Louis Ivanec– SC La Carniole ‘Import of Carnica queens from Slovenia’,19 allee du Gros Chene 63910 Chignat FRANCE
