From beekeepers to beekeeping
The company was founded in 2006 because of the passion and devotion to bees and beekeeping of the young Giacomo Acerbi. Tenuta Ritiro uses an international network for the evaluation of its genetic material. Starting from 3000 hives owned for honey production , located in central and northern Italy, our queen bees range from the far north to the south of the world, from Finland to Cyprus, from Canada to Lebanon: 10,000km of versatility, adaptation and excellent performance that make tenuta Ritiro the ideal partner for professional beekeeping.
Tenuta Ritiro is the European leader in buckfast queen bees production. This recognition, obtained over the years thanks to a continuous study, research and innovation in this field is the synthesis of numerous factors: choice of the best genetic material, collaboration with the most important European realities in the field of bee selection, care and extreme quality from breeding to the shipment of the queen bee, specialized and dedicated personnel in every step, a dedicated, punctual and efficient customer service.
Respect, reliability, passion, determination are features that Giacomo Acerbi has transmitted to everything that is Tenuta Ritiro, certain that the future “has deep roots in the history of companies that have grown professionally together with us and the quality of our Queen Bees, choosing Tenuta Ritiro as their trusted partner”.
Our team
Our real strength is a close-knit group of experienced beekeepers from all over the world, consolidated over the years. The engine of our team is to do beekeeping as a life choice with the goal and ambition of always being at the forefront of every production process, but with the awareness that this requires study, preparation and sacrifice.
Giacomo Acerbi
Owner and manager
Giacomo Acerbi was born in Tortona, a town located in south-eastern Piedmont, on 3/12/1984.
After graduating from classical high school, he attended the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Florence with a specialization in ethics and bioethics.
It is precisely these studies that bring it closer to beekeeping: issues such as biodiversity, environmental sustainability, are what the bee represents in nature and the engine that initially brought Giacomo closer to this world.
Back in his hometown, thanks to the possibility of taking advantage of a family farm, he began his work as a beekeeper in 2006.
Inherited from his father, a well-known dairy cow breeder and selector, entrepreneurial skills related to animal management, he creates and develops what is now the “Tenuta Ritiro” and participates in other beekeeping companies such as “Apicoltura la Fenice” and “L’Abbazia di Rivalta”.
Sandra Cernea
Head commercial and administrative
Sandra Cernea was born in Curtea de Arges, central southern Romania, on 6/2/1984.
He graduated in mathematics-physics, obtained a degree in Internal and International Financial-Banking Business Relations at the Romanian-American University of Bucharest.
The first contact with bees took place following her husband’s passion. Further, meeting Giacomo Acerbi, she worked for 3 years in queen bees breeding and subsequently managed to combine her studies with the passion for beekeeping.
Since 2014, in fact, he has been commercial and administrative manager at the “Tenuta Ritiro”.
Debora Rizzetto
Head Royal Cells and Queens Bees Production
Debora Rizzetto was born in Valencia on 9/1/1978, a town located in Piedmont, famous for its goldsmith’s crafts.
After years of working in the sector, she inherited from her family a passion for bees and radically changed her life by choosing a career as a beekeeper.
Since 2013 he has been working at the “Tenuta Ritiro” as head of real cell breeding and his previous work experience in the goldsmith field, based on precision and attention to detail, is well combined with the current assignment: care and meticulous search for quality.
Bogdan Cernea
Head Pre-selection and honey production
Bogdan Cernea, born on 28/11/1978 in Bucharest, capital of Romania, begins an engineering training course at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.
Developing from a young age the passion for bees, he changed his professional path oriented towards this sector and from 2012 began the collaboration with the “Tenuta Ritiro”.
Combining passion and professionalism, he directs and coordinates honey production, playing an essential role in the pre-selection of genetic material within a bee park composed of over 3000 units distributed throughout the national territory.