{"id":271286,"date":"2026-03-12T16:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/?p=271286"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:06:57","slug":"guesthouse-bees-and-beekeeping-in-lori-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/2026\/03\/12\/271286\/","title":{"rendered":"Guesthouse &#8220;Bees and Beekeeping&#8221; in Lori Province"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>YEREVAN, March 12. \/ARKA\/. <\/strong>In the village of Vardablur in the Lori region, at the &#8220;Beeography&#8221; guesthouse, guests are welcomed with a honey drink, considered the guesthouse&#8217;s signature dish. The guesthouse&#8217;s cabins are shaped like beehives, where rural tourism enthusiasts can, in addition to relaxing, taste honey and participate in its collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beeography Guesthouse is one of the beneficiaries of the &#8220;Rural Tourism Development&#8221; program of the ACBA Federation and the German Nature Conservation Union (NABU): with the grant received, special eco-friendly solutions were implemented, thanks to which the guesthouse filters wastewater and does not pollute the environment, according to the ACBA Bank press service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;By building the guesthouse, we aimed not only to develop the local community but also to stimulate tourism and the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve created a cozy retreat where the food is organic, prepared from local, natural ingredients. It was important to us that the guesthouse&#8217;s operations align with the principles of organic agriculture, so we began implementing green solutions, from installing solar panels and achieving self-sufficiency to constructing and installing wastewater treatment facilities, with the support of the Acba Federation and NABU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Since the guesthouse is located near a river, it was important for us to ensure that the wastewater generated during our guesthouse operations would not harm the environment in any way,&#8221; noted Hayarpi Hakobyan, founder of the Beeography guesthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hayarpi&#8217;s collaboration with Acba Bank and NABU began in 2021: she participated in the organic agriculture support program and received an organic honey producer certificate, introducing her products to international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Acba Federation is the only major shareholder in Acba Bank, holding over 75% of the bank&#8217;s shares. Through its participation in Acba Bank, the Acba Federation contributes to the development of agriculture throughout Armenia, small and medium-sized businesses in rural areas, communities, the activation and strengthening of the business environment in communities, and the improvement of the well-being of everyone engaged in entrepreneurial activity in these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"T9IASO4s8lY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u00ab\u0544\u0565\u0572\u057e\u056b \u0587 \u0574\u0565\u0572\u057e\u0561\u057a\u0561\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0569\u0575\u0561\u0576\u00bb \u0570\u0575\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0561\u057f\u0578\u0582\u0576\u0568 \u053c\u0578\u057c\u0578\u0582 \u0574\u0561\u0580\u0566\u0578\u0582\u0574\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T9IASO4s8lY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the village of Vardablur in the Lori region, at the &#8220;Beeography&#8221; guesthouse, guests are welcomed with a honey drink, considered the guesthouse&#8217;s signature dish. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":271279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","tstyn_error":""},"categories":[9214,9216],"tags":[15890],"class_list":{"0":"post-271286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-banks-en-en","8":"category-news","9":"tag-nabu-3"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}