A beehive like from Mrázik: he wants to rebuild it in Znojmo to sleep above the beehives

He wants to renovate an unusual house with a story and turn it into a unique healing accommodation. "It's called apitherapy, breathing the air over the beehive. People could sleep here right above the beehives," he described.

She looks for inspiration beyond the borders, in the Czech Republic so-called apidomka are rather a rarity. This was also confirmed by the chairman of the Czech Apitherapy Society, Martin Pánek. "There are no more than ten such facilities in the country. They occur in clean natural areas in the Jeseníky, Ore Mountains, Třeboňsk and one in the Moravian Karst near Macochy," he listed.

According to him, unlike abroad, Czech beekeepers are more conservative and only rarely are they interested in taking beekeeping to a higher therapeutic level. "It requires education, because apitherapy is not just breathing bee air and receiving radiation, but also treatment with bee venom. This is also why bee colonies must be kept outside of chemically treated cultures," Pánek pointed out.

Better breathing and sleep

According to Jarmila Machová, president of the Czech Association of Beekeepers, our great-great-grandfathers already knew the beneficial effect of being near beehives. "If the person in question keeps bees in an apiary or in a caravan, he usually also has a sofa there. We have known since time immemorial that the proximity of bees is good for us. It was only a matter of time before beekeepers started offering the adoption of these influences to other interested parties. In houses where you can lie over beehives in safety, separate from their stings. The beneficial effect on human health has been proven for years," recommended Machová.

The air from the beehive is full of vapors from propolis, honey and wax, it improves breathing, improves sleep and mood, increases appetite and strengthens immunity. There is also talk of an effect on mental well-being or the treatment of rheumatism. "However, this part of apitherapy has not yet been sufficiently explored. Those who have tried staying in the apidom say that they feel rested and refreshed, recharged with energy after lying on the hives," says Machová.

According to her, bees emit a specific bioenergy. “Breathing hive air has no negative effects, no limitations, no addiction. If someone is in doubt, there is nothing stopping them from trying being near bees. There is no risk, no side effects. At the very least, he will take away a pleasant experience," assured the head of the beekeepers.

According to her, the proof could be the fact that among beekeepers, an eighty or ninety-year-old farmer is not an exception. "There are almost three and a half thousand members between the ages of eighty and one hundred five in the Czech Beekeepers' Association," highlighted Machová.

Martin Pánek also warns of risks. "Bee radiation changes the intercellular tension, this might not be beneficial for oncological patients, for example," he pointed out.

News addressed, for example, Jana Vidoňová from Bohunice in Brno. "I use propolis, but I haven't heard of this before. I'm interested," the woman was intrigued.