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Once a year, one of nature's greatest spectacles can be observed in the dry desert of Southern Namibia and Northwestern South Africa. The desert known by the name of Namaqualand.
When the short spring rains have arrived, this desolate landscape suddenly blooms and turns into a magnificent carpet of
wild flowers, as far as the eye can see.
Our beekeepers have been waiting for the rains. Filled with joy upon the news, they scramble from the winter quarters, with their bee colonies, to Namaqualand to let the creatures feast on the unique, endemic wild flowers' nectar.
Once the hives are full of very special honey, the fluid is collected and bottled like a precious wine.
You can buy Namaqualand Honey - the most unique natural product on the planet - and present it as a luxury gift, to someone dear.
Each bottle carries the year of harvest and contains a booklet with dried samples of some of the brilliant flowers from the area from where the honey was collected.
It's all about the place, the date, and the very special relationship between man and nature. It's also about the strange, romantic cycle of death and rebirth, of barrenness and fertility.
The market for the product is tiny, but it definitely is a luxury market.
Check the bottle I designed [link]. And do make sure to have a look at the nice fields of wild African flowers.
Bottle
http://i3.photobuck...ey.jpg?t=1220182678 Yes we can. [django, Aug 31 2008]
Namaqualand in bloom - photo set
http://flickr.com/p.../72157601478436350/ Flickr: Martin Heigan, a tourist, took pictures. [django, Aug 31 2008]
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Are you suggesting re-colonisation? |
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No, temporary occupation only. :-) |
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Sounds good to me. The pictures are awesome. |
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Is this a product? I love the pictures but
am a bit confused. |
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No, this is not so much a product. More a symbol, a romantic story, a myth, a collection of subconscious desires. |
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There are no farmers who make honey in Namaqualand? |
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[Bungston], I asked myself the same question, and to my amazement, I couldn't find any info suggesting that there are beekeepers in this region. |
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Chances are that the logistics would be complex or costly. |
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But that's also why this product would be such a luxury product. |
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Namaqualand is really quite wild, rough and extremely sparsely populated because it's such an arid region. |
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Why do these plants flower if not to attract bees? |
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//Why do these plants flower if not to attract bees?// To attract tourists? |
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