We are Romi & Matthias - we share a passion for nature, working with honeybees, and our garden. Our beekeeping journey began on a small scale in 2018. Today, we have an average of 12-16 bee colonies in our family. We produce various types of honey and beeswax for natural cosmetics - the health of our bees and the quality of our products are our top priorities.

In addition to our beekeeping, we dedicate ourselves to promoting biodiversity on our approximately 5 hectares of land: we plant hedges, care for our still-young meadow orchard, look after our soil, and create hiding places and habitats for plants, fungi, and animals. A fruit and vegetable garden supplies us with fresh food throughout the year. In our free time, we enjoy hiking in the forests and mountains with our dog.

During the honey harvest, the honey flows from the extractor into the coarse sieve

Close-up of a honeybee on a Cornelian cherry blossom

Romi

I am a biologist and have always loved being outdoors. During my many years working as a field ecologist, I was committed to nature conservation and researched the biodiversity of insects and arachnids. Together with my parents, we moved to the countryside in 2019. Here, we grow our own fruits and vegetables and contribute to promoting biodiversity through regenerative management of our land.

Beyond beekeeping, my passions are soil regeneration, my herb garden, and planting trees. When I'm not working hard in the garden, I enjoy running, hiking in the mountains, climbing, or swimming. In short: I love being active in the fresh air. I express my creativity as a video producer, web developer, photographer, and illustrator for our online agency Lupinum.

Matthias

I am a passionate tinkerer, a creative tech nerd, and I love to experiment with innovative ideas. The garden has always been an important hobby for me. My favorite tasks include raising young plants, propagating cuttings, and pruning fruit trees.

My background is in 3D planning and programming. My personal planning projects include our 5000m² fruit and vegetable garden, our 3-hectare meadow orchard, our plant propagation cabinet, and - the most comprehensive planning project to date - our self-developed and custom-built beehives. At our online agency Lupinum, I live out my enthusiasm for cool digital solutions as a web developer and designer.

Vulkanrot

The name Vulkanrot comes from the volcano-red color of our beehives. From the very beginning, we have painted all our hives with a boiled linseed oil finish called "Vulkanrot" to protect the wood. We simply like the bright red towers that grow taller, especially in summer with the many honey supers - they are a real eye-catcher.

Our volcano-red beehives in the evening sun

Honeybees with pollen baskets at the entrance of their hive