Above Brixen, on sun-facing mountain meadows nearly 1,000 meters high, Erich Larcher has kept bees since he was fourteen. Discover his honey and natural skincare — shaped by decades of patience and Alpine terrain.
Above Brixen, on the sun-facing mountain meadows of St. Andrä, nearly 1,000 meters up, Erich Larcher found his calling before he was even old enough to drive. At fourteen, captivated by nature and, above all, by bees, he took his first beekeeping course and bought his first two colonies. It wasn't love at first sight for the bees, though — those early years were, in his own words, no honeyed path. Passion alone wasn't enough; what he lacked was experience, and he paid for that lesson many times over.
But he stuck with it. Through books, courses, and sheer persistence, his knowledge grew year after year, and so did his apiary. The fascination never let go of him. Since 1988, Erich has devoted himself fully to beekeeping on that same mountainside, where spruce forests and alpine meadows give his bees a season-long feast — wildflower nectar in spring, dandelion, and the resin of young conifers moving into summer and fall. Today, he and his wife manage the growing operation together.
What comes back to the hive is honey shaped entirely by that terrain: full-bodied, low in water content, and richly varied in flavor thanks to the sheer diversity of blossoms nearby. Beyond the jars of honey itself, Erich turns his own beeswax, propolis, and pollen into a small line of natural skincare — a craft he's just as devoted to as the bees themselves.
Every jar from Erich Larcher carries that story — a lifelong fascination, turned into decades of quiet, careful work on a mountainside above Brixen.