DOP Miel de Málaga

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The history of honey in Malaga dates back to Phoenician times when, although modern beekeeping was not yet practised, honey was already being extracted and traded from one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean, Malaga.

From the same port, during the Nasrid Kingdom, products such as figs and grapes candied with honey were exported.

More recent records have been found of the purchase and sale of honey from Malaga that supplied the city of Melilla with this product, as well as deeds that show the donation of land to neighbours from Malaga to establish their apiaries.

To recall some other historical data, we can mention the Rentas Mudéjares del Obispado de Málaga of 1497, where honey is listed as one of the crops that must pay the tithe, normally paid in kind.

In the Libro de las Ordenanzas de la muy noble y muy leal ciudad de Málaga, 1556, printed in 1611, on folios 120v-121r and 121v, we find the orders to be followed regarding beehives.

Pascual Madoz, in his ‘Diccionario Geográfico, Estadístico e Histórico de España’, highlights the variety and abundance of honey produced in many municipalities in Malaga.

Finally, it is worth highlighting the close relationship between Malaga's toponymy and beekeeping, with places such as Colmenar, Arroyo de la Miel, Río de la Miel (Nerja), among others.

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