Mountain stream rushing through a forested valley in the mountains of northwest Yunnan

Xanadu Shangri-La Honey Initiative

Flowers before flavor,
bees before bottles.

Mountain forest honey, a student's curiosity, and the people whose care makes every spoonful possible.

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Jars from the Shangri-La plateau

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Support a colony through the season

The Honey-Seeking Journey

Our story ↗
Seven Tibetan beekeeping inheritors gathered with traditional hollow-log hives in front of the Wild Himalayan Honeybee Conservation Area signboard

Those Tibetan beekeepers harvest about 30% of the honey, leaving the rest for the bees to get through winter.

The beekeepers treat their bees like relatives, and try to give them the best possible conditions to live.

Wild Himalayan Honeybee Conservation Area with seven Tibetan beekeeping inheritors

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From Field to Community

Charity sales & community connections

Four student volunteers in green charity-sale aprons tasting honey together at the booth

From a booth in Shenzhen to the mountains of Shangri-La, this initiative brings people together around the flowers, bees, and beekeepers behind the honey.

Student volunteers tasting honey at the Shenzhen booth

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