Producers
Alarbid Honey
beekeeper/apiary operator · honey producer · bee-products producer · retailer · exporter
Tripoli, Libya
World of Bees Company (شركة عالم النحل)
Alarbid Honey is the public-facing honey brand of Tripoli-based World of Bees Company, formerly Irbid Apiaries. Founded in 1983, the business grew from apiary and honey production into honey and bee-product production, domestic distribution, retail, and export. It has received Paris Honey Awards recognition for athel, or tamarisk, and sidr honey, and has exported to Kuwait.
About the Producer
A little history
The business began in Tripoli in 1983 as Irbid Apiaries (مناحل الأربد), with apiaries and honey production. As its work expanded, it became a limited company producing and exporting honey and bee products. In 2023, Libya Herald referred to World of Bees Company as “Irbid Apiaries” in coverage of its Paris awards. A 2024 report documented Alarbid Honey’s third export shipment to Kuwait.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
Alarbid Honey operates apiaries and produces honey and bee products for domestic distribution, retail, and export. It produces more than ten types of honey, supplies spring honey to factories and confectionery workshops, and distributes some varieties through commercial pharmacies and markets. It also uses network marketing. Its Paris awards profile describes a chain of stores across Libya. These production and retail details are company and profile claims, not independently audited figures.
Tripoli, Libya
The company profile says the business began in Tripoli as Irbid Apiaries; an academic study also identifies Alarbid Honey Company products in the Tripoli market.
Libya
The Paris Honey Awards producer entry describes a chain of stores selling its honey and bee products across Libya. This supports national retail activity but does not identify individual outlets or honey-collection zones.
Kuwait
Libya Herald reported on 8 December 2024 that Alarbid Honey had completed its third shipment to Kuwait. This is an export-market relationship, not a production or forage-location claim.
Tripoli, Libya
Al-Arbid for Honey is listed among participating organizations by the Tripoli International Fair.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Athel / tamarisk honey (Miel printemps tamaris athal; عسل الأثل)
Floral source: Athel/tamarisk, as named by the Paris Honey Awards entry.
Documented origin: Libya
Origin detail: Country
The Paris Honey Awards 2023 entry for AL ARBED HONEY lists “Miel printemps tamaris athal,” Libya, and a gold result. Libya Herald separately reported that World of Bees Company (Irbid Apiaries) received a gold medal for Al-Atl honey. No harvest locality within Libya was found.
Sidr honey
Floral source: Sidr (as product name; botanical species and harvest area not specified in the consulted source).
Documented origin: Libya
Origin detail: Country
Libya Herald reported that World of Bees Company (Irbid Apiaries) received a Paris Honey Awards 2023 gold medal for sidr honey. The reporting identifies the producer among Libyan honey companies but does not establish a narrower harvest locality.
Spring honey
Origin detail: Unknown
A 2021 company profile says a large quantity of the company’s spring honey is supplied to factories and confectionery workshops. It does not provide a floral source or collection geography.
People
People connected to the work
- Amin Mohamed Alarbid (أمين محمد الأربد) Director, World of Bees Company for honey export
Practices
How they work
- Operates apiaries and produces honey and bee products.
- Concern over damage to natural forage landscapes.