History and culture of
The Bernard Michaud Company

History...

In the verdant foothills of the Pyrenees, there is a family business that has been handed down through three generations. Over the last hundred years, they have acquired enormous experience in collecting and selecting honey, controlling quality , and marketing their products.

 

Yves MICHAUD , Yves Michaud, the founder of the firm, was enthusiastic and inventive, devoting himself entirely to beekeeping and the production of honey. By moving his hives, following the seasons and the different flowers as they came into bloom, he obtained several crops a year and succeeded in isolating monofloral honeys. . He thus became the pioneer of what is known technically as apiarian transhumance . Always seeking optimum quality, he was also the first to introduce into France methods for extracting honey rather than pressing it: the Honey Loosening machine, the rotary filter and the first nylon meshes for filtering. By constantly improving beekeeping techniques, he contributed to making France the pioneer of honey production in Europe.

 

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Ever stricter criteria for selection led to the creation of the Lune de Miel (honeymoon) trade mark in 1959. Our research into honey regularly increases our knowledge about the product and our product presentation and marketing methods are constantly being enhanced.

 

 

The culture of honey...
Aware of the incredible potential of honey and armed with a thorough knowledge of beekeeping, the Bernard Michaud company has developed a honey culture , for the production, selection, and distribution of quality honeys.

 

 

Innovative and ultra-professional, Bernard Michaud has gained recognition as an expert in the field:
  • in modern beekeeping techniques.

  • in product knowledge - he set up the first private labratory for honey analysis in 1973.

  • in marketing techniques - the company has been at the root of major innovations on the market.

The Bernard Michaud company aims to make honey a product for pleasure.

In cultivating a wide range of tastes, subtly melting flavours and creating new products that are easy to use, the company has created more opportunities for enjoying honey.

 

To provide consumers with the ultimate choice of flavours, Bernard Michaud selects his honeys from all the apiaries in France, and seeks out the very best of each floral designation from all over the world

 
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From France or other countries, the honeys are all made from the latest crop and everything is done to retain their original flavours : the quality of the Lune de Miel brand has been rewarded by ISO 9002 certification.

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An age-old product, the fruit of painstaking work and research, the source of a thousand flavours and essential to well-being and good health, honey is one of the few 100% natural foods that retains all of its original goodness. .  

We hope that these pages have brought you to realize the prime importance of honey , and will encourage you to make all the subtleties and sweetness of honey a part of your daily life.

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Bernard Michaud S.A.

Domaine Saint Georges
Chemin de Berdoulou
64290 GAN
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