March 29, 2023
This is the story of a corner of paradise nestled between the mountains and the sea of Sicily and of a beekeeper, Rosario, who at the age of 6 saw a swarm of bees hanging from a peach tree for the first time. He was enchanted.
That buzzing, that busy fluttering to produce, that natural mechanism that works so well. A hymn to awakening and life. And Rosario, that same vibration he hears in his ears at that moment, he also feels in his heart. And his father sees it and understands: his intuition tells him that his son's interest is not a temporary whim of a game, but a true imprinting with nature and one of its main actors: the bee.
He decided, therefore, to support this passion and connection that Rosario has with these small insects and their habitat by asking a trusted beekeeper to mentor his son.
Rosario thus learns to look beyond the filter of his own reality and to interact with the world of the tiny: the logic behind which these small creatures build their home, made of the same material they themselves feed on, a home that can protect and nourish every member of the bee community, each with their own role within a perfectly structured ecosystem. Rosario has learned how to interact with this world, respecting its rhythms and needs.
