Beekeeping House

The town council of Bual, with the creation of the Casa de la Apicultura, aims to: offer advice and training services to beekeepers as well as create a museum collection with beekeeping themes to disseminate the ancient art of keeping bees and at the same time preserve all those pieces related to traditional beekeeping.

The Casa de la Apicultura has an audiovisual room, a specialised library and a permanent exhibition which is one of its main attractions.

This exhibition, of a beekeeping nature, reflects the evolution of the different techniques used in the area over the last century. It is illustrated by panels from the work "Las abejas, la miel y la cera en la sociedad tradicional" (Bees, honey and wax in traditional society), by Xuaco López Álvarez.

It also has about a hundred ancient and modern pieces related to beekeeping.

The visit invites us to reflect on the self-sufficiency of the Asturian farmhouse, the role played by honey and wax, how they were extracted, where and how the hives were placed..., on the evolution and transition to the use of modern beekeeping, the organisation of the colony, the new extraction techniques, the products of the hive and their current applications.

The visit is completed with the projection of a monographic audiovisual presentation on honey and wax.