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120 years ago, newlyweds Atanas and Zlata received an expensive wedding gift – a beehive.
A century later, his great-grandson Mitko married an American with Chinese roots, Jen, and history repeated itself. This time the gift is a complete apiary.
To follow suit, the young family replaced California and a lucrative career with beekeeping.
Dimitar is a software engineer and cybersecurity specialist. His wife, Jen, is a marketing director. Today, however, they are both beekeepers in the village of Sokolitsa in Karlovo.
“The apiary is a gift – symbolic – from my parents. But I saw the opportunity to achieve a balance and not be constantly in front of the computer,” the boyfriend told BNT.
His wife added that she was the first to decide to quit her job in California, about half a year before Mitko, and began learning from a local beekeeper.
“The first thing I learned was to sell honey. Yes, I learned to sell honey before I learned to raise bees. I learned to verify if the mother bee was healthy and the woman I worked for had seven apiaries,” he added.
Before the pandemic, the young family intended to open their own honey and bee products shop in Plovdiv’s Kapana arts district, but due to circumstances, they relied on online trading. Dimitar and Jen also develop innovative products such as Chinese hot pepper honey. They also help other beekeepers with advice and information on how to apply for grants.
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