Producers
Al-Thunayan Apiaries
apiary operator · honey producer · honey and bee-product retailer
Kuwait City, Kuwait (commercial contact/retail base listed at Al-Mubarakiya Market)
Menahel Althunayan General Trading in Foodstuffs Co. W.L.L. (public merchant listing; formal registry confirmation not located)
Al-Thunayan Apiaries, also known as Al Thenayan Honey, is a Kuwait-based honey business. Its shops offer a broad range of geographically named honeys, bee products, honey blends, and related farm products. The business has expanded its apiaries across Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Morocco. Individual products are attributed to Kuwait, Oman, Morocco, Yemen, and Kyrgyzstan, though these origins do not apply to every product or identify the business headquarters.
About the Producer
A little history
Al-Thunayan Apiaries has expanded its apiaries across Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Morocco. Its official About page says the business received London honey-quality awards in 2022. No independently verified founding date was located in this focused pass.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
A multi-origin honey and bee-product business combining apiary activity in several countries with branded retail and e-commerce. Its catalog includes Kuwait-origin honey and products marketed as Omani, Moroccan, Yemeni, and Kyrgyzstan honey, so it should not be described as exclusively Kuwait-harvested.
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Official contact page lists the Kuwait commercial contact at Al-Mubarakiya Market, Kuwait City.
Kuwait
The company says its apiaries expanded in Kuwait; its Kuwaiti Sidr product separately attributes the honey to Kuwaiti Sidr trees. Neither statement establishes a particular apiary address.
United Arab Emirates
The company operates a UAE-branded online shop; its About page also says its apiaries expanded in the UAE. No UAE harvest locality was established in this pass.
Oman
The company says its apiaries expanded in Oman. Product-specific pages additionally market Omani Samar and frankincense honeys; only those particular product claims support their stated origins.
Morocco
The company says its apiaries expanded in Morocco. Its Daghmos product page attributes that named honey to southern Morocco.
Wadi Daw'an, Hadramawt, Yemen
The product page for Yemeni Sidr Douani Honey identifies Wadi Daw'an as the Sidr-flower collection area.
Dhofar Governorate, Oman
The Omani Frankincense Honey page identifies frankincense trees in southern Oman’s Dhofar Governorate as its source.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Kuwaiti Sidr Honey
Floral source: Sidr / Ziziphus flowers (as marketed)
Documented origin: Kuwait; the product copy attributes its source to Sidr trees in residential areas and desert wilderness in Kuwait.
Origin detail: Country
Official product copy calls it Kuwaiti Sidr Honey and says it comes from Sidr trees in Kuwait. The copy does not establish a specific harvest locality.
Moroccan Daghmos Honey
Floral source: Daghmos, described as a thorny semi-desert plant
Documented origin: Southern Morocco
Origin detail: Region
Official UAE product page says bees collect nectar from Daghmos, a thorny semi-desert plant growing in southern Morocco.
Omani Frankincense Honey
Floral source: Frankincense trees
Documented origin: Dhofar Governorate, southern Oman
Origin detail: Region
Official UAE product page says the honey is derived from frankincense trees abundant in southern Oman’s Dhofar Governorate.
Omani Samar Honey
Floral source: Samar (Acacia)
Documented origin: Oman
Origin detail: Country
Official UAE product page markets this as Omani Samar Honey and describes production in Oman. Its wording combines “Jabal Akhdar,” “Salalah,” and multiple areas of the Sultanate, so the country-level origin is retained rather than a narrower locality.
Yemeni Sidr Douani Honey
Floral source: Sidr-tree flowers
Documented origin: Wadi Daw'an, Hadramawt Governorate, Yemen
Origin detail: Locality
Official UAE product page says bees collect nectar from Sidr flowers in Wadi Daw'an in Yemen’s Hadramawt Governorate.
Coffee Flower Honey
Floral source: Coffee flowers
Documented origin: Unknown
Origin detail: Unknown
Official UAE product page says bees collect this honey from coffee-plant flowers, but gives no harvest country or locality.
Kyrgyzstan White Honey
Floral source: Unknown
Documented origin: Kyrgyzstan
Origin detail: Country
The official Kuwait and UAE catalogs identify the product as Kyrgyzstan white honey, but the reviewed product page does not state a floral source or narrower locality.
Practices
How they work
- The business markets its honey as “100% natural.”
- The business says it offers training, awareness, and educational activity.
- Selected named honeys are marketed as unfiltered, including Moroccan Daghmos and Yemeni Sidr Douani.