Producers
Al-Gawad Company
beekeeper · honey producer · packer · apiary-products seller
Al-Seyouf Shama'a, Adib Moaqad Street, Al-Huda Tower, El-Montazah, Alexandria, Egypt
Al-Gawad Company for Beekeeping, Packing and Sale of Apiary Products
Al-Gawad Company is an Egyptian family-owned beekeeping and honey business established in 1978. It operates apiaries and sales branches across Egypt, including a branch in Alexandria and a separate packing and production site in Beheira Governorate.
About the Producer
A little history
The company began beekeeping in Egypt in 1978 and remains a family business.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
The company is involved in beekeeping, honey production, packing, and the sale of apiary products. It reports operating apiaries and branches across Egypt, with a separate packing and production site in Beheira Governorate.
Alexandria, Egypt
The official contact page identifies an Al-Seyouf branch in El-Montazah, Alexandria; the MedBEESINESS Hubs producer profile also places Al-Gawad Honey Bee in Alexandria.
Edku entrance, International Coastal Road, Beheira Governorate, Egypt
The official contact page labels this location 'packing and production.' This is a production/packing location, not evidence of honey collection locality.
Egypt
The company says it has established numerous apiaries in different parts of Egypt. It does not publicly identify individual apiary or forage locations on the consulted pages.
Giza, Egypt
The official contact page lists Younis Honey Bee locations in Dokki, Giza under 'success partners'; the relationship is presented as partnership, not as an Al-Gawad apiary or harvest site.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Clover Blossom Honey (عسل زهور نوارة البرسيم)
Floral source: Clover blossoms
Origin detail: Unknown
Listed on the official honey page as clover-blossom honey; no harvest geography is stated.
Banana Honey (عسل موز)
Floral source: Banana flowers
Origin detail: Unknown
Listed on the official honey page as banana honey; no harvest geography is stated.
Black Seed Honey (عسل حبة البركة)
Floral source: Unknown; the company describes a honey product combined with black seed/nigella.
Origin detail: Unknown
The official product text characterizes this as honey combined with black seed, rather than documenting a nectar source or harvest locality.
Marjoram Honey (عسل البردقوش)
Floral source: Marjoram flowers
Origin detail: Unknown
The official page says worker bees collect nectar from marjoram flowers; it gives no harvest geography.
Egyptian Mountain Honey (عسل جبلي مصري)
Floral source: Mountain herbs including thyme, wormwood, and fennel
Documented origin: Egypt
Origin detail: Country
The official honey page names this product 'Egyptian Mountain Honey' and describes nectar from mountain herbs including thyme, wormwood, and fennel. No narrower collection locality is supplied.
Egyptian Buckthorn / Nabk Honey (عسل السدر المصري، النبق)
Floral source: Buckthorn / nabk
Documented origin: Egypt
Origin detail: Country
The official honey page identifies the product as Egyptian sidr (nabk) honey. No locality or apiary area is stated.
Anise Honey (عسل اليانسون)
Floral source: Anise
Origin detail: Unknown
Listed as anise honey on the official honey page; no harvest geography is stated.
Cotton Honey (عسل قطن)
Floral source: Cotton
Origin detail: Unknown
Listed as cotton honey on the official honey page; no harvest geography is stated.
Practices
How they work
- The company states that it applies international standards in beekeeping and bee-product production and uses a HACCP program to control production stages for honey quality.
- The company reports selecting bee strains and using modern beekeeping techniques.
- The company reports participation in bee-product associations' activities, conferences, scientific lectures, exhibitions, and honey-tasting festivals, and says it organizes visits to its apiaries for interested adults and children.