Discover Anne Émilie's organic honey
Before being two top-of-the-range gîtes, Miellerie des Combes was first and foremost a small agricultural business. We've made making Haut-Doubs organic honey our specialty.
Haut-Doubs honey, 100% organic!
It was in 2020 that Anne Émilie Sordel took the step of changing career direction to start a farming business. Trained as an agricultural engineer, this Jura native became a beekeeper after working for over ten years in the pharmaceutical industry. Her project: to produce local, 100% organic honey! Anne Émilie set up her honey factory in the Haut-Doubs commune of Les Combes, at the heart of the family farm, which also houses two luxury gîtes. The site is surrounded by meadows, with coniferous forests close by. An ideal environment for bees to forage! This is how La Miellerie des Combes honey was born. It can be found at various sales outlets, as well as in the small store she has set up in the farm's former dairy. On-site tastings are also available. For added convenience, you can even buy honey products online!
Several flavors of honey and royal jelly
Miellerie de Combes manages around 160 hives. Anne Émilie Sordel has placed them in locations carefully chosen for their environmental quality, to produce several types of honey under the Agriculture Biologique label. This means that the beekeeper runs her hives without the use of pesticides or synthetic medicines, and in an environment free from conventional field crops. Every year in summer, the honey harvest enables her to produce mountain flower honeys (polyfloral honey, dandelion honey, hawthorn honey, depending on the year), fir tree honey and forest honey, which she packages in glass jars (from 125g to 1kg). Miellerie des Combes honeys have character. They are distinguished by their flavor and floral richness. Their texture is creamy or liquid. Take your time to browse through our online boutique.
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Discover royal jelly from Miellerie des Combes
Miellerie de Combes is the only company in the Doubs region to produce royal jelly certified as “French royal jelly”! This label, promoted by the Groupement des Producteurs de Gelée Royale (G.P.G.R.), guarantees consumers the quality and French origin of the product! La Miellerie des Combes pays particular attention to the production of the noblest of beehive products. This precious nectar produced by the bees is distinguished by its exceptional composition: it contains vitamins, minerals and proteins particularly suited to a balanced diet, ideal functioning of the immune system and optimal sports recovery.
From honey and royal jelly to propolis, candles and soap
Bees are a precious resource. Thanks to their work, La Miellerie des Combes makes products other than honey. For example, Anne Émilie Sordel uses honey to make candles and soaps for the Savonnerie du Jura. She also harvests propolis, a natural plant product extracted from the hive just after the honey harvest. Its benefits are widely recognized. For Christmas, Anne Émilie Sordel also offers gingerbread and almondines! Homemade, of course!
