Producers
Honey of Madagascar
honey producer · honey collector · honey processor/packer · exporter · beekeeping-services provider
Merimandroso, Ivato Airport, Antananarivo area, Madagascar
Honey of Madagascar is a Malagasy family honey business that collects, prepares, packages, and exports honey while supporting partner beekeepers. Based in Merimandroso near Ivato Airport in the Antananarivo area, it operates an approved honey house and offers named varietal and polyfloral honeys. Several varietals have publicly described regional sources, though this record includes no physical-specimen metadata.
About the Producer
A little history
Honey of Madagascar joined Miarakap's 2022 Mitsiry accelerator cohort. In 2023, press coverage identified Rarivo Ravoatra as its manager and described the honey house's main work as producing for local and international markets.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
Honey of Madagascar supports and equips beekeepers, collects honey, then prepares, processes, and packages it in an approved honey house for sale and export. It also provides beekeeping advice and makes honey-derived products.
Merimandroso, Ivato Airport, Madagascar
SIM lists this as Honey of Madagascar's headquarters address.
Anjepy, Manjakandriana, Madagascar
The company's manager publicly associates this place with eucalyptus and niaouli honey in a Honey of Madagascar interview.
Mahanoro, Madagascar
The company's manager publicly associates Mahanoro with mango honey in a Honey of Madagascar interview.
Mahajanga, Madagascar
The company's manager publicly associates Mahajanga with mangrove honey in a Honey of Madagascar interview.
Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
The company's manager says collaboration with environmental defenders enabled development of Lalona honey at Tsiroanomandidy. This supports an activity/forage lead, not confirmation of a currently marketed specimen.
Urbania Analakely Box 9, Antananarivo, Madagascar
SIM's Malagasy Ny Antsika product page names Urbania Analakely Box 9 as a retail point.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Polyfloral
Floral source: Polyfloral
Documented origin: Madagascar
Origin detail: Country
Listed in the producer's Malagasy Ny Antsika product range; the accompanying description presents the range as Malagasy honeys.
Niaouli honey
Floral source: Niaouli
Documented origin: Anjepy, Manjakandriana, Madagascar
Origin detail: Locality
Listed in the product range. In a 2026 interview about Honey of Madagascar, manager Rarivo Ravoatra associates eucalyptus and niaouli honey with Anjepy, Manjakandriana.
Eucalyptus honey
Floral source: Eucalyptus
Documented origin: Anjepy, Manjakandriana, Madagascar
Origin detail: Locality
Listed in the product range. In a 2026 interview about Honey of Madagascar, manager Rarivo Ravoatra associates eucalyptus and niaouli honey with Anjepy, Manjakandriana.
Palissandre honey
Floral source: Palissandre (rosewood)
Documented origin: Madagascar
Origin detail: Country
Listed in the producer's Malagasy Ny Antsika product range. No narrower harvest locality was found in the focused pass.
Litchi honey
Floral source: Litchi
Documented origin: Eastern Madagascar
Origin detail: Region
Listed in the product range. In a 2026 interview about Honey of Madagascar, manager Rarivo Ravoatra identifies litchi honey with Madagascar's east; no narrower place was given.
Jujube honey
Floral source: Jujube
Documented origin: Madagascar
Origin detail: Country
Listed in the producer's Malagasy Ny Antsika product range. No narrower harvest locality was found in the focused pass.
Mangrove honey
Floral source: Mangrove
Documented origin: Mahajanga, Madagascar
Origin detail: Locality
Listed in the product range. In a 2026 interview about Honey of Madagascar, manager Rarivo Ravoatra associates mangrove honey with Mahajanga.
Baie rose honey
Floral source: Baie rose (pink pepper)
Documented origin: Madagascar
Origin detail: Country
Listed in the producer's Malagasy Ny Antsika product range. No narrower harvest locality was found in the focused pass.
People
People connected to the work
- Rarivo Ravoatra Manager / managing associate
Practices
How they work
- Provides beekeeping advice, equipment, and production support to partner beekeepers.
- Uses an officially approved honey house with dehumidification equipment for preparation and storage stability.
- Collects honey across Madagascar and conducts beekeeping at Ivato, according to a public post by its managing associate.
- Reports work to conserve Apis mellifera unicolor through beekeeper support and melliferous-plant seed supply.