Producers
API Raponja
beekeeper · honey producer · migratory beekeeper · api-tourism operator · retailer
Krnica 90B, 52208 Krnica, Croatia
API Raponja is the earlier public name of the Krnica, Istria beekeeping enterprise now trading online as Plan Bee. It produces and sells Croatian varietal honeys and hive products, runs a Bee Park and api-inhalation visits in Krnica, and offers a branded-hive biodiversity and CSR project.
About the Producer
A little history
Founder Filip Raponja says he first encountered beekeeping at age 13 and began turning it from a hobby into a business at 16. A 2025 interview identifies him as the owner of Api Raponja, while the legacy apiraponja.com domain now redirects to Plan Bee.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
The business combines beekeeping and direct-to-consumer sales of honey and hive products with migratory hive placement, an on-site visitor and education park, api-inhalation experiences, and a corporate branded-hive biodiversity and CSR project. Its honey comes from its own apiary and selected locations, suggesting a mix of its own production and location-based harvesting rather than every honey being harvested in Krnica.
Krnica, Istria County, Croatia
Official contact information gives Krnica as the business location; the official visitor page places the Bee Park in the heart of Istria.
Krnica, Istria, Croatia
The official Bee Park page describes more than 150 active hives in the park’s beekeeping setting. This supports apiary activity at the visitor site, but does not establish that each retail honey was harvested there.
Gorski Kotar, Croatia
The official homepage says the producer moves hives through Croatia, from Gorski Kotar to the island of Pag. It does not allocate particular honey products to this area.
Island of Pag, Croatia
The official homepage says the producer moves hives through Croatia, from Gorski Kotar to the island of Pag. It does not allocate particular honey products to this area.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Med bagrem (Acacia honey)
Floral source: Black locust / acacia (bagrem)
Documented origin: Croatia
Origin detail: Country
Official product data lists ingredients as 100% bee honey (bagrem) and origin as Croatia.
Med amorfa (Amorpha honey)
Floral source: Amorpha
Documented origin: Croatia
Origin detail: Country
Official product data lists ingredients as 100% bee honey (amorfa) and origin as Croatia.
Med lipa (Linden honey)
Floral source: Linden
Documented origin: Croatia
Origin detail: Country
Official product data lists ingredients as 100% bee honey (lipa) and origin as Croatia.
Med cvjetni (Flower honey)
Floral source: Mixed flowers
Documented origin: Croatia
Origin detail: Country
Listed in the official current honey collection, but no product-specific origin page was reviewed in this pass; country-level origin is not recorded here pending label/product-page verification.
Med kesten (Chestnut honey)
Floral source: Sweet chestnut
Documented origin: Croatia
Origin detail: Country
Official product data lists ingredients as 100% bee honey (kesten) and origin as Croatia.
Med medljika (Honeydew honey)
Floral source: Honeydew
Documented origin: Croatia
Origin detail: Country
Official product data lists ingredients as 100% bee honey (medljika) and origin as Croatia.
Med bršljan (Ivy honey)
Floral source: Ivy
Documented origin: Croatia
Origin detail: Country
Official product data lists ingredients as 100% bee honey (bršljan) and origin as Croatia.
Med kadulja (Sage honey)
Floral source: Sage
Documented origin: Croatia
Origin detail: Country
Official product data lists ingredients as 100% bee honey (kadulja) and origin as Croatia.
People
People connected to the work
- Filip Raponja Founder; publicly described owner of Api Raponja / Plan Bee founder
Practices
How they work
- Hives are moved among Croatian areas, including a stated span from Gorski Kotar to the island of Pag.
- Honey is produced by cold extraction (hladno vrcanje).
- The retail honey is described as minimally processed and not industrially pasteurized.
- The Bee Park presents an educational trail and more than 150 active hives.
- The company offers api-inhalation in a dedicated structure during the active beekeeping season; its own page explicitly says this is not a medical treatment and does not replace physician-directed therapy.
- Through the ‘Postanite heroj prirode’ program, organizations can adopt branded hives and receive personalized honey, certificates, and contribution reporting.