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Alpine Bees
MORE INNOVATIVE THANKS TO EU CHALLENGE FUND
R
inaldo Gjolaj,
to the European market. Due to the
Team Member of
support of EU Challenge Fund, he said,
the Family Owned
“The innovation that we managed to
Business – Alpine
introduce into some of the processes
Bees, is another
and products, differentiates us from
winner of Swedish
many other beekeepers and helped us improve the performance and health of
EU Challenge Fund.
bee families.”
He shares with TRAILBLAZING FULL INTERVIEW BELOW:
MAGAZINE how he was involved in the business of bees and how crucial was the moment Alpine Bees was chosen one
What did you motivate to go into
of the beneficiaries of the EU Challenge
the business of bees and honey
Fund.
and promoting them through your startup?
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Gjolaj says that Alpine Bees is now
A family and provincial tradition was the
dealing with the necessary certification
first initiator for me to deal with bees
and licensing procedures to export
and honey, and turn it into a business
and increase capacity to respond
where I make money. My relatives and
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