BARRIA takes its name from the Arabic word for wilderness, and its products come from the hills of Batroun. The company grows native plants using sustainable methods and times each product line to the plant's natural growth cycle. Its bees forage freely on indigenous flora, and the team describes its beekeeping as ethical and low intervention. From the hives it sells honey, pollen, propolis and royal jelly. From the plants it makes dried herbs, herbal teas, essential oils and hydrosols. BARRIA works as a partner to small local businesses, beekeepers and farmers around Lebanon, and it runs workshops on biodiversity and bees. It is one of the sites on the Batroun HoneyBee Route and is listed by GoBatroun among the area's recommended honey makers.
BARRIA Lebanon at a glance
- Name comes from the Arabic word for wilderness
- Sells honey, pollen, propolis and royal jelly
- Also makes herbal teas, essential oils and hydrosols
- Part of the Batroun HoneyBee Route