Producers
Apifera
honey collector · honey processor · honey packer · honey marketer · exporter · private-label supplier
Costești, Ialoveni District, Republic of Moldova
Apifera S.R.L. (Societatea cu Răspundere Limitată APIFERA)
Founded in 2016, Apifera is a Moldovan honey business that collects honey from beekeepers across the Republic of Moldova, then processes, packages, and sells it in retail, bulk, HoReCa, industrial, and private-label formats. Its documented business location is Costești, in Ialoveni District, while its honey is sourced nationwide.
About the Producer
A little history
Apifera was founded in 2016 and registered as Apifera S.R.L. on 11 April 2016. A Swedish trade-promotion catalogue describes it as a family business with three generations dedicated to beekeeping.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
Apifera gathers honey from local Moldovan beekeepers, then processes, homogenises, packages, and markets it. It offers retail jars and PET formats, bulk honey for industrial customers, HoReCa supply, and private-label B2B production. Export is part of its business model.
Costești, Ialoveni District, Moldova
Moldova’s Organisation for Entrepreneurship Development lists SRL APIFERA as a honey-processing business located in Costești, Ialoveni District.
Republic of Moldova
Apifera says it collects honey from beekeepers throughout the Republic of Moldova and describes its honey as collected from Moldovan apiaries.
Răzeni, Moldova
An Apifera producer-story article profiles a beekeeper identified as Ion from Răzeni whose honey enters Apifera jars. This supports a supplier/apiary connection, not origin for every Apifera product or batch.
Condrița, Moldova
An Apifera producer-story article describes a beekeeper named Valentin tending hives in Condrița and states that the company works with hundreds of Moldovan beekeepers. This is evidence of a supplier/apiary story, not a product-specific origin claim.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Acacia honey
Floral source: Acacia
Documented origin: Republic of Moldova
Origin detail: Country
The product is identified as acacia honey. Its product page says it is 100% natural, without additives, and collected directly from local beekeepers; Apifera identifies its local-beekeeper supply as Moldovan. No narrower harvest locality is provided.
Linden honey
Floral source: Linden
Documented origin: Republic of Moldova
Origin detail: Country
The product is identified as linden honey. Its product page says it is 100% natural, without additives, and collected directly from local beekeepers; Apifera identifies its local-beekeeper supply as Moldovan. No narrower harvest locality is provided.
Polyfloral honey
Floral source: Multiple flower types
Documented origin: Republic of Moldova
Origin detail: Country
The product page describes honey made from nectar of multiple flower types and says it is collected directly from local beekeepers. The producer frames these local beekeepers as located across Moldova. No specific apiary or forage locality is provided.
Creamy honey with sea buckthorn
Floral source: Honey blended with sea buckthorn
Documented origin: Republic of Moldova
Origin detail: Country
The product is presented as a creamy honey and sea-buckthorn combination. Its page says the honey is 100% natural, without additives, and collected from local beekeepers; it does not establish the geographic origin of the sea buckthorn ingredient or a narrower honey-harvest place.
People
People connected to the work
- Anatolie Rusu General Manager
Practices
How they work
- Sources honey from local beekeepers across Moldova.
- Processes and packages honey using a modern processing and packaging centre.
- Offers private-label honey production and bulk supply for industrial customers.
- States that its honey is tested in accredited laboratories and accompanied by analyses for origin and quality.