Mário Nunes Mendes, a beekeeper from Penela, began helping neighbors with bees when he was just 17 years old. More than 50 years later, he dedicates himself entirely to beekeeping as a professional activity.
His story in beekeeping began modestly, with just three hives. Over the decades, the number grew significantly until reaching the current 270 hives, transforming a youthful passion into a large-scale activity.
The beekeeper has lived among bees for 50 years, accumulating experience and knowledge about the behavior of these insects and about honey production processes. This long experience allowed him to develop techniques and methods that support his current production.
The article highlights Mário Nunes Mendes' trajectory as an example of dedication to an activity that began as neighborhood work and evolved into a beekeeping operation of considerable dimensions, maintaining itself for over half a century.
