Argana Beehives Agadir

Argana is supposed to be the largest honey-producing centre of Morocco. The Argana Beehives are projected as one of the vital tourist attractions of Agadir. Visiting the beehives is profitable in both ways. Firstly one gets to know about the techniques involved in extracting honey out of the beehive and secondly the tourists can bring back pure honey at a very cheap rate.

The position of Argana in the global context is also noteworthy. The place is acknowledged to have the biggest beehive collection of the world. The place is famous not only for the large-scale production of honey but the process, the way of its construction and every other minute details of the beehives makes it so renowned.

Uncountable beehives are positioned across the honey farms from which honey is extracted. The hives are cylindrical in shape and are made up of split reed. Every single hive is covered with clay so that no impurities may enter the hive and degrade the quality of honey.

The process of honey extraction here is wonderful to perceive. If you are lucky enough to reach Argana at a time when the drawing out process is on you would definitely marvel at it. First of all the bees are driven out of the hive with the help of a smoking brazier. All the bees including the queen crawls out of the hive letting the workers take out the honey for purification. So much so Agadir holds an annual Honey Festival to celebrate the abundance of honey in their land.