Oman

Oman's apicultural heritage is inseparable from its ancient trade in precious resins. In the Dhofar region, where frankincense trees have grown for millennia along the southern coastline, bees forage among the same Boswellia groves that once supplied temples and palaces across the ancient world. Here, the boundary between perfumery and beekeeping dissolves into something singular.

The prized Omani Luban honey carries whispers of this aromatic landscape - a honey infused with the essence of frankincense blossoms, offering flavour notes and therapeutic properties found nowhere else on earth. The Dhofar monsoon, known locally as the Khareef, creates a microclimate unlike anywhere else on the Arabian Peninsula, nurturing flora that exists in delicate balance with the region's unique geography.

Omani beekeepers maintain small-scale, traditional operations where colony welfare takes precedence over volume. The harvesting remains seasonal and limited, dictated by the natural rhythms of flowering rather than market demand. This scarcity is not manufactured - it reflects the genuine rarity of honey produced in such specific ecological conditions.