Producers
Alpegg Honey Manufactory
beekeeper · honey producer · beeswax-products producer
Alpegg Honey Manufactory / Bio Chalets Alpegg, Waidring, Tyrol, Austria
Alpegg Honey Manufactory is the Defrancesco family’s small biodynamic operation in Waidring, Tyrol, Austria. Founded in 2020 by beekeeper Roland Defrancesco and connected with Bio Chalets Alpegg, it maintains 15 colonies at four bee sites in Waidring and sells Demeter forest honey and beeswax products.
About the Producer
A little history
Founded in 2020 by Roland Defrancesco, host of Bio Chalets Alpegg.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
A family-associated, small-scale apiary and direct producer connected with the Bio Chalets Alpegg hospitality business. Honey and beeswax products are available at the on-site Alpegg Honey Manufactory shop.
Waidring, Tyrol, Austria
The producer identifies the manufactory as the Defrancesco family operation in Waidring; a regional tourism listing independently places it in Waidring.
Bio Chalets Alpegg, Waidring town center
The producer lists the Bio Chalets Alpegg in Waidring’s town center as one of four bee sites.
“Quarry” / Steinbruch, Waidring
The producer identifies the Quarry, near a moorland area, as one of its bee sites; the German page’s photo caption also places Demeter colonies there.
Struber Bee Alp / Struberer Bienenalm, Waidring
The producer lists the Struber Bee Alp as one of four bee sites.
Talsen Alp / Talsenalm, Waidring, at about 1,000 m elevation
The producer lists the Talsen Alp as a bee site at around 1,000 metres above sea level.
Alpegg Honey Manufactory shop, Waidring
The producer says its products are available at the Alpegg Honey Manufactory shop in Waidring.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Demeter Waldhonig / Demeter Forest Honey
Floral source: Forest honey
Documented origin: Waidring, Tyrol, Austria; exact apiary site and harvest batch are not specified for this product.
Origin detail: Locality
The current German official page lists Demeter forest honey in 250 g, 500 g, and 1,000 g formats. It says the operation’s colonies are based across four sites in Waidring and describes its organic honey as coming from Waidring; it also identifies the forest honey as an awarded product. This supports Waidring at producer level, but does not tie an individual jar or batch to a named bee site.
Organic Honey Specialty “MOZART”
Floral source: Mountain honey; with gold leaf
Origin detail: Unknown
The official English-language producer page lists “MOZART” as a mountain-honey specialty with gold leaf, but provides no product-specific harvest locality.
Organic Honey Specialty “SISSI”
Floral source: Mountain honey; with Criollo cocoa nibs
Origin detail: Unknown
The official English-language producer page lists “SISSI” as a mountain-honey specialty with Criollo cocoa nibs, but provides no product-specific harvest locality.
People
People connected to the work
- Roland Defrancesco Founder and beekeeper
- Cornelia Defrancesco Bio Chalets Alpegg host / named member of the Defrancesco family operation
Practices
How they work
- Certified Demeter beekeeping / biodynamic beekeeping
- Organic apiary with 15 colonies distributed among four Waidring bee sites
- Use of Demeter-quality beeswax for listed beeswax products